Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts112. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to notify the Chief Health Officer of the presence or occurrence, at a place occupied by the person, in any food, water or air or elsewhere in the environment, of any substance or matter that the person has reasonable grounds for believing to constitute a significant public health hazard.
Penalty:
(a) if the offender is a natural person—5 penalty units;
(b) if the offender is a body corporate—25 penalty units.
(2) In this section—
(a) a contaminant;
(b) an organism that causes, or that may cause, a notifiable condition; and
(c) any other human pathogenic organism.