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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 (NO. 69 OF 1997) - SECT 20

Compliance with Codes of Practice

20. (1) A person carrying on a public health risk activity shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a Code of Practice in relation to that activity.

(2) A person performing a public health risk procedure shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a Code of Practice in relation to that procedure.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.



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