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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;
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(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.