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Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director-General may only disclose any information obtained by him under this Act to any person if this is necessary to enable that person to take steps to prevent the spread of a disease set out in
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health Services;
Schedule 6.
A person to whom information under subsection (1) is disclosed may only disclose or use such information to the extent necessary for implementing any measure permitted by the Director-General for the purpose of preventing the spread of that disease, but not otherwise.
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.
Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any right of disclosure under this Act or any other written law or rule of law.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health Services;
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means — (a) any of the diseases set out in Schedule 1; and (b) for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 48, 56 and 76(1)(g), includes any other disease that — (i) is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro-organism or any agent of disease; (ii) is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and (iii) the Director-General has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;