(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
7. Operators to give information as required by health officers
(1) If a health officer has reason to suspect that there exists or existed in a point of entry or on board a cross-boundary conveyance—
- (a) a case or source of an infectious disease; or
- (b) a case or source of contamination,
the health officer may require the operator of the point of entry or cross-boundary conveyance to give to the health officer any information about the case or source as the health officer may require.
(2) An operator shall comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or knowingly gives to a health officer any information that is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
8. Travellers to give information as required by health officers
(1) A health officer may, for the purpose of preventing the occurrence or spread of an infectious disease or contamination, require a traveller to give to the health officer any information required by the health officer.
(2) A traveller shall comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or knowingly gives to a health officer any information that is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
9. Defence to charges under section 5, 7 or 8
It is a defence to a charge under section 5, 7 or 8 to prove that the information required to be given was not within the knowledge of the person charged and could not reasonably have been ascertained by him.
