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.