Public Health Act 1997

This section applies where an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person who is carrying on a public health risk activity or performing a public health risk procedure is contravening or likely to contravene this Act.

Where this section applies, the authorised officer may issue an improvement notice to the person carrying on the activity or performing the procedure, as the case may be.

Note For how documents may be served, see Legislation Act, pt 19.5.

If the person carrying on a public health risk activity to whom an improvement notice is issued is not in charge of the premises where that activity is carried on, the authorised officer must give a copy of a notice under subsection (2) to the person in charge of those premises.

An improvement notice must specify the following matters:

the contravention that the authorised officer believes is occurring or is likely to occur and the reasons for that belief;

a period or periods within which the person to whom the notice is given is required to rectify the matters or activities to which the notice relates.

An improvement notice may specify action that the person to whom the notice is given is to take in order to comply with the notice.

An improvement notice continues in force until revoked in accordance with section 60.