Victorian Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMENDMENT (STATE OF EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2020 (NO. 24 OF 2020) - SECT 3

    (1)     In section 3(1) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 insert the following definition—

""community transmission", in relation to COVID‑19, means transmission of COVID‑19 to one or more persons from an infected person or other source, in circumstances where the infected person or other source has not been identified.".

    (2)     After section 3(3) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 insert —

    "(4)     Without limiting the definition of serious risk to public health in subsection (1), for the purposes of Division 3 of Part 10 COVID-19 may pose a material risk of substantial injury or prejudice to the health of human beings even when the rate of community transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria is low or there have been no cases of COVID-19 in Victoria for a period of time.".