Public Health Act 1997

The Director may apply to a magistrate for the issue under this section of a warrant in relation to a person, if – the person has failed to comply with a direction of the Director given under section 16; and in the opinion of the Director, it is necessary, for the purposes of managing a threat to public health or a likely threat to public health, for the direction to be complied with.

A magistrate may, on the application of the Director, issue a warrant – authorising the apprehension, by – a person authorised by the Director to execute the warrant; or a police officer – of a person who is specified in the warrant (the specified person); and authorising the entry of any premises by a person referred to in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii), if the person believes on reasonable grounds that the specified person is in the premises; and authorising the specified person to be detained, isolated, or quarantined, until the specified person may be brought before a magistrate.

A magistrate may only issue a warrant under subsection (2) in relation to a specified person if the magistrate is satisfied that – the specified person has failed to comply with a direction of the Director given under section 16; and in the opinion of the Director, it is necessary, for the purposes of managing a threat to public health or a likely threat to public health, for the direction to be complied with.

The Director may apply under subsection (1) for a warrant by telephone if the Director is of the opinion that the situation is an emergency.