Issue of improvement notice
212 Issue of improvement notice
An authorised officer may give an improvement notice to a person if the officer reasonably believes that —
the person —
is carrying on a public health risk activity that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
is carrying on a public health risk activity in a manner that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
has carried on a public health risk activity that contravened, or in a manner that contravened, any provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated;
or
the person —
is carrying on an activity that poses a public health risk or that is carried on in a manner that poses a public health risk; and
has failed to take reasonable and practicable steps to prevent or minimise any harm to public health;
or
the person is failing, or has failed, to comply with the general public health duty; or
the person is the occupier of premises where —
a public health risk activity is being carried on that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
a public health risk activity is being carried on in a manner that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
a public health risk activity has been carried on, or carried on in a manner, that contravened any provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated;
or
the person is the occupier of premises where —
an activity is being carried on that poses a public health risk or that is carried on in a manner that poses a public health risk; and
reasonable and practicable steps to prevent or minimise any harm to public health have not been taken;
or
the person is the occupier of premises where there is or has been a failure to comply with the general public health duty.
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