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Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19) (SOR/2021-275)

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Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19)

SOR/2021-275

CANADA WORKER LOCKDOWN BENEFIT ACT

Registration 2021-12-24

Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19)

P.C. 2021-1061 2021-12-23

Whereas “lockdown orders”, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit ActFootnote a, have been made with respect to COVID-19 outbreaks in regions set out in the annexed Order, imposing measures referred to in subparagraphs (a)(i) and (ii) of that definition that apply to those regions for at least 14 consecutive days;

And whereas the Minister of Employment and Social Development is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that an order designating those regions as lockdown regions be made for the benefit periods set out in the annexed Order;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Employment and Social Development, pursuant to section 3 of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19).

Marginal note:Lockdown regions and benefit periods

 Each region of Canada set out in column 1 of the schedule is designated as a lockdown region for the benefit period set out in column 2.

Marginal note:Coming into force

 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

 

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