Section 28B: Temporary measures during COVID-19 period

28B. Temporary measures during COVID-19 period (1) Where, under this Act, a time is imposed on a person to do or refrain from doing any other act or thing and the time for doing or refraining from doing that other act or thing expires, or falls wholly or partly, during – (a) the COVID-19 period, the person may, notwithstanding the time imposed, do or refrain from doing that other act or thing not later than 30 days after the COVID-19 period lapses or not later than such further period as may be prescribed; or (b) a period of 21 days after the COVID-19 period lapses, the person may, notwithstanding the time imposed, do or refrain from doing that other act or thing not later than 30 days after the period of 21 days lapses or not later than such further period as may be prescribed. Acts 2020 19 (2) Where, under this Part, an EIA licence expires during – (a) the COVID-19 period, the licence shall, notwithstanding the time imposed, be deemed not to have expired and shall remain valid for a period of 30 days after the COVID-19 period lapses or for such further period as may be prescribed; or (b) a period of 21 days after the COVID-19 period lapses, be deemed not to have expired and shall remain valid for a period of 30 days after the period of 21 days lapses or for such further period as may be prescribed. (b) in section 66, by inserting, after subsection (2), the following new subsection – (2A) Subsection (2) shall, for the period starting on 1 March 2020 and ending on 31 December 2020, or for such further period as may be prescribed, not apply to a – (a) hotel; and (b) guest house or tourist residence of more than 4 bedrooms. (c) in the Fifth Schedule, in Part A, in item 22, by deleting the figure “5000” and replacing it by the figure “15,000”.