Public Health Act 2005

A public health order may require a person to do something at a place that is—

reasonably necessary to remove or reduce the risk to public health from a public health risk, or prevent a risk to public health from recurring; and

appropriate in the circumstances having regard to the nature and seriousness of the risk to public health at the time the order is made.

Without limiting subsection (1), a public health order may require a person to do any of the following at the place—

clean or disinfect the place, or part of the place, or a structure or other thing at the place, in the way stated in the order;

carry out insect or pest control at the place in the way stated in the order;

demolish stated structures or other property at the place in the way stated in the order;

remove stated material or items from the place to another place stated in the order in the way stated in the order;

dispose of stated material or items at the place in the way stated in the order, for example, by burying the material or items;

destroy animals at the place or remove animals from the place for destruction at another place in the way stated in the order;

stop using the place, or part of the place, for a stated purpose, within a stated period or until stated steps are taken.

A public health order must—

be in writing; and

state a period within which the person to whom it is given must comply with the order.

The period stated under subsection (3)(b) must be reasonable having regard to the risk to public health from the public health risk.