Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
32Issue of public health order
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32 Issue of public health order (1) The CHO may issue an order (a public health order) to a person: (a) issued with a public health notice who has failed to comply with the notice (whether or not the period for compliance with the notice, or any extension of the period, has expired); or (b) who is conducting a business (which need not be a registered business) or carrying out any activity (which need not be a declared activity) in circumstances or in a way that gives rise to an immediate serious public health risk. (2) The order must state the following: (a) the reasons for issuing the order;
Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 19 (b) the place or activity to which the order applies; (c) the action the person must take to rectify the circumstances that gave rise to the order; (d) if appropriate – the period within which the order must be complied with; (e) the procedures for review and appeal under Part 8. (3) The order may include any of the following directions: (a) a thing must or must not to be used in connection with a business or activity; (b) a thing must be isolated, destroyed or disposed of in a stated way; (c) a business or activity must be conducted or carried out in a stated way; (d) the whole or a part of a place where a business or activity is conducted or carried out must be closed or sealed off.