Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation
(2) An authorized officer may require a person in charge or occupier of any specified premises or specified public transport carrier to provide the officer with any assistance that the officer reasonably considers necessary to enable the officer to perform a function under this Regulation.
(3) An authorized officer may, for the identification and tracing of any person who may have been exposed to the risk of contracting the specified disease, provide the information obtained under subsection (1) to the Director or any other person as the Director considers necessary.
(4) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.
(5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (4) to establish that—
- (a) for a failure to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)—
- (i) the person had reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement; or
- (ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), the information required to be provided was not within the knowledge, in the possession or under the control of the person, and could not reasonably have been ascertained or obtained by the person; or
- (b) for a failure to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2)—the person had reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement.
