Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts106. (1) This section applies where an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has a notifiable condition.
(2) Where this section applies, an authorised officer may request the person concerned to provide any or all of the following information to the officer:
(a) the person's name and address;
(b) information about circumstances under which the person may have acquired, or been exposed to, the condition;
(c) in the case of a transmissible notifiable condition—
(i) information about circumstances under which the person may have transmitted the condition; and
(ii) the name and address, or the name and whereabouts, of any person the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be a contact of the person's.
(3) Before requesting information from a person under subsection (2), an authorised officer shall inform the person of the reason for the request.
(4) Upon request by a person who is the subject of a request by an authorised officer under subsection (2), the authorised officer shall produce his or her identity card and, unless the authorised officer is the Chief Health Officer, his or her authorisation.
(5) A person shall comply with a request made by an authorised officer under subsection (2), unless—
(a) the authorised officer fails to comply with this section; or
(b) the person has any other reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the request.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(6) As soon as possible after making a request under subsection (2), an authorised officer shall make a written record of the grounds for his or her belief that the person concerned has a notifiable condition.