- (a) the reason for quarantine or isolation; and
- (b) the terms of quarantine or isolation.
27. Power to remove and detain persons for quarantine and isolation
To place a person under quarantine or isolation, a health officer may—
- (a) remove the person to a place in which the person is to be quarantined or isolated;
- (b) detain the person at a place of quarantine or isolation; and
- (c) subject the person to such conditions as the health officer may specify.
28. Escape from quarantine or isolation in hospitals or other establishments
(1) If a person who is placed under quarantine or isolation in a hospital, home for the aged, child care centre, convalescent centre or a similar establishment escapes, the person may be—
- (a) stopped and detained by any member of the staff of the establishment from which the person escaped;
- (b) conveyed to—
- (i) the establishment from which the person escaped; or
- (ii) any other place authorized by a health officer; and
- (c) detained in the establishment or place.
(2) A person shall not obstruct, or assist in obstructing, a member of the staff of an establishment referred to in subsection (1) in the exercise of a power under this section.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 months.
29. Entry and exit restrictions
(1) A person shall not leave a place in which that person is placed under quarantine or isolation.
(2) A person other than a health officer shall not—
- (a) enter a place in which another person is placed under quarantine or isolation; or
- (b) enter or leave a place that is placed under isolation,
without a written permission given under section 31.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
