- (a) enter or occupy; or
- (b) bring any article into or take any article out of,
any premises closed under subsection (3).
(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.
38. Order to carry out disease control measures in respect of conveyances
(1) If a health officer—
- (a) has reason to believe that there exists or existed on board a conveyance a case or source of a specified infectious disease; or
- (b) finds that a cross-boundary conveyance is in an insanitary condition or is contaminated,
the health officer may, by order in writing served on the operator of the conveyance, require a disease control measure specified in the order to be carried out in respect of the conveyance to the satisfaction of a health officer within the time specified in the order.
(2) A health officer may, for the purpose of carrying out a disease control measure required to be carried out under subsection (1), stop, detain or close the conveyance or remove any person from it.
(3) Except with the permission of a health officer, a person other than a health officer shall not—
- (a) board or remain in; or
- (b) bring any article into or take any article out of,
a conveyance closed under subsection (2).
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
39. Wells
(1) If a health officer is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of preventing the introduction or spread of a specified infectious disease, the health officer may, by an order in writing served on the owner of a well, require the well to be filled up, cleansed or disinfected to the satisfaction of a health officer within the time specified in the order.
(2) Except with the permission of a health officer, a person other than a health officer shall not draw water from a well in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1) before the well is filled up, cleansed or disinfected as required by the order.
(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 6 months.
