Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
76. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act for which he is responsible and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for or in respect of all or any of the following matters —
the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations for persons and animals, and for regulating the management thereof;
the cleansing, disinfecting, fumigating and treatment of vessels and premises;
the prohibition on importation, exportation or transhipment of infected merchandise, articles or clothing;
the prescribing of measures to be taken for the prevention of the spread or transmission of infection by means of any vessel departing from any infected area of Brunei Darussalam;
the prohibition and regulation of the removal of fodder, litter, dung, human dejecta, waste water and other things;
the prescribing of notification and supply of information by medical practitioners of cases of infectious diseases treated by them;
the prescribing of immunisation and vaccination measures and procedures for infectious diseases;
the prescribing of any measure, the prohibition of any act, or the imposing of a duty to do any act, necessary to prevent or control the spread of an infectious disease;
the prohibition or regulation of the importation and exportation of animals;
the prescribing of fees and charges and of any matter which by this Act is required to be prescribed.
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The Minister may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of or failure to comply with any regulation shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.
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Terms defined in s 2
infectious disease
Defined · s 2“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;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure whether open or enclosed, whether public or private and includes any place or structure or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose;
quarantine
Defined · s 2“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation for the purpose and under the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder of any vessels, persons, goods, things, animals or plants;
vessel
Defined · s 2“vessel” includes any ship, boat, aircraft, vessel or motor vehicle or trailer of any description used in navigation by land, sea or air.