s 112
In forceNotification of public health hazards
Part 6Notifiable conditions and public health hazards
Division 6.3Public health hazards
112 Notification of public health hazards
(1)
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to notify the chief health officer of the presence or occurrence, at a place occupied by the person, in any food, water or air or elsewhere in the environment, of any substance or matter that the person has reasonable grounds for believing to constitute a significant public health hazard.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)
In this section:
substance or matter includes—
(a)
a contaminant; and
(b)
an organism that causes, or that may cause, a notifiable condition; and
(c)
any other human pathogenic organism.
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