Isolation of articles
24. Isolation of infected articles
(1) If a health officer has reason to believe that an article is infected with a specified infectious disease, he may, by order in writing, place the article under isolation.
(2) A health officer may remove an article to any place for the purpose of placing the article under isolation.
(3) An article that is placed under isolation may be detained at any place appointed by a health officer for such period and subject to such conditions as he may specify.
(4) A person shall not remove an article that is placed under isolation from the place where it is isolated without the permission of a health officer.
(5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
Isolation of places
25. Power to order places to be isolated
(1) Where the Director considers it necessary for the prevention of the spread of a specified infectious disease, he may, by order in writing, place any place under isolation.
(2) An isolation order may—
- (a) provide for the complete isolation of the place that is the subject of the order; or
- (b) provide for such degree of isolation of the place, and subject the place to such conditions or limitations, as the Director considers sufficient to prevent the spread of the disease concerned.
(3) An isolation order may be issued in such form or in such manner as, having regard to the circumstances, the Director considers best suited to bring the terms of such order to the notice of the public.
General provisions in relation to quarantine and isolation
26. Quarantine and isolation orders in respect of persons
An order made by a health officer under section 22 or 23 to place a person under quarantine or isolation must specify—
