52CHO's emergency powers

52 CHO's emergency powers (1) If an emergency declaration is in force, the CHO may take the actions (including giving oral or written directions) the CHO considers necessary, appropriate or desirable to alleviate the public health emergency stated in the declaration.

Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 28 (2) The actions the CHO may take include any of the following: (a) reducing, removing or destroying the public health risk causing or threatening to cause the emergency; (b) issuing warnings in relation to the emergency; (c) segregating or isolating persons in an area or at a particular place; (d) evacuating persons from an area or a particular place; (e) preventing persons accessing or entering into an area or a particular place; (f) controlling the movement of vehicles within an area. (3) The directions the CHO may give include directions requiring any of (a) a person to undergo a medical examination of a general nature, or of a stated kind, immediately or within the period stated; (b) a stated person to remain in, or move to or from, a stated area or place immediately or within a stated period; (c) a stated thing to be seized or destroyed; (d) a stated person to provide oral or written information relating to the emergency.