Section 19 - Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021 - Service of mandatory testing order

19Service of mandatory testing order

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19 Service of mandatory testing order

(1) As soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 5 business days after a mandatory testing order is made by a senior officer, the senior officer must cause a copy of the order to be personally served on the third party in relation to whom it is made.

(2) A registrar of the Court is to personally serve a copy of a mandatory testing order made by the Court on the third party in relation to whom the order is made if the third party is present in the Court when the order is made.

(3) If the third party is not present in the Court when the order is made or was present but a registrar of the Court was unable to serve a copy of the order personally on the third party—

(a) a registrar of the Court is to arrange for a copy of the order to be given to the senior officer, and

(b) the senior officer must, as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 5 business days after a mandatory testing order is made, cause a copy of the order to be personally served on the third party, and

(c) the registrar of the Court is to arrange for a copy of the order to be sent by post to the third party or to another person if the registrar thinks fit.

(4) A mandatory testing order must not be personally served on a third party by the worker concerned or a person who was present at the incident during which the relevant contact occurred.