Public Health Act 2016

A public health order may require the person to whom it applies to do one or more of these —

to refrain from specified conduct, either absolutely or unless specified conditions are satisfied;

to refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, without limitation, employment, use of public transport or participation in certain events), either absolutely or unless specified conditions are satisfied;

to undergo counselling by a specified person or one or more persons within a specified class of persons;

to refrain from visiting a specified place, or a place within a specified class of places, either absolutely or unless specified conditions are satisfied;

to refrain from associating with specified persons or specified classes of persons, either absolutely or unless specified conditions are satisfied;

to submit to specified supervision;

to undergo a specified medical examination, or specified medical treatment, at a specified time and place;

to take specified action to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the person;

to reside at a specified place and, if considered to be appropriate by the Chief Health Officer, to remain isolated at that place;

to submit to being detained at a specified place for the purpose of undergoing a medical examination or medical treatment;

to submit to being detained or isolated, or detained and isolated, at a specified place.

A public health order that requires a person to undergo a medical examination authorises —

the carrying out of that medical examination in accordance with the order; and

the testing of any sample obtained or taken in connection with that medical examination.

A public health order that requires a person to undergo medical treatment authorises —

the giving of medical treatment to that person in accordance with the order; and

the testing of any sample obtained or taken in connection with that medical treatment.

Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit what a person can do for the purposes of, or in connection with, the enforcement or administration of a public health order.