Notifiable Diseases Act 1981

animal includes a dead animal and part of an animal.

authorized person means a person to whom the Chief Health Officer delegates, in relation to a power or function, the exercise of that power or performance of that function under section 31 and who, in the instrument of delegation, is described as an authorized person.

child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.

diagnostic procedures means the collection and examination of samples from an infected person or suspect person for pathology investigation and includes radiological examinations.

goods includes animals, plants and minerals and any other kind of moveable property.

infected person means a person:

isolation area means an area declared under section 17 to be an isolation area.

medical examination means a physical examination by a medical practitioner and includes the use of diagnostic procedures, where necessary, to establish the presence of a notifiable disease.

medical officer means an authorised officer, under the Public and Environmental Health Act 2011, who is a medical practitioner or entitled to be registered as a medical practitioner.

notifiable disease means a disease declared to be a notifiable disease under section 6.

plant includes a dead plant and part of a plant.

suspect person means a person who:

(b) has or may have been exposed to an infected person or goods which are known or suspected to be infected or a source of infection.

(2) A power of prohibition under this Act shall include a prohibition generally or with limitations as to place and subject-matter and either absolutely or subject to specified conditions or restrictions.

(3) Where a notice or order under this Act may be served on a child, a copy of such notice or order shall be deemed to have been served on that child if a copy of that notice or order was served on a parent or guardian of that child.

(4) Where an obligation under this Act is placed upon a child, the parent or guardian of the child shall be liable for carrying out that obligation or ensuring that the obligation is carried out, unless the contrary intention appears.

Part 2 Notifiable diseases

(a) a notifiable disease in relation to which information is to be given;

(b) the information to be given in relation to a notifiable disease; and

(c) the manner in which information in relation to a notifiable disease is to be given.

(b) considers that a person is a suspect person, in relation to a notifiable disease specified under subsection (1), the medical practitioner must give to a medical officer the information required under subsection (1) to be given in relation to the disease.

(3) The medical practitioner must give the information in the manner required under subsection (1).

A medical practitioner who diagnoses that a person is an infected person or who considers a person to be a suspect person:

(b) shall advise, where the person is a child who has not attained the age of 16 years – the parents or the guardian of the child; or

(c) as he thinks fit, may also advise, where the person is a child who has attained the age of 16 years – the parents or the guardian of the child,

of the nature of the notifiable disease, the measures needed to be taken to prevent the spread of that disease and the treatment, if any, required.

(1) NTCAT has jurisdiction to review a decision of a medical officer to serve a notice on a person under section 11(1).

(2) The person who is served with the notice may apply to NTCAT for review of the medical officer's decision.

(3) In determining an application for review under this section, NTCAT may, by order:

(4) Section 44(2) of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 does not apply in relation to a proceeding for review of a decision under this section.

Note for section 12

The Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 sets out the procedure for applying to NTCAT for review and other relevant matters in relation to reviews.