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Public Health Act 1997
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66 Prohibition orders
(1) The chief health officer may apply to the Magistrates Court for an
order that a person to whom a prohibition notice has been issued
comply with the notice.
the alleged risk to public health.
relation to the application submitted by the parties, if satisfied that the
action or inaction of the person to whom the prohibition notice was
issued has given rise to a serious and imminent risk to public health,
the court may make any of the following orders in relation to the
person:
(a) that the person comply with the notice within a period (if any)
(b) that in order to prevent or alleviate the relevant public health
risk, the person comply with any specified requirement in
addition to any specified in the notice within a period (if any)
(i) for an individual (other than a utility)—$10 000; or
(ii) for a corporation (other than a utility)—$50 000; or
(iii) for a utility who is an individual—$200 000; or
(iv) for a utility that is a corporation—$1 000 000.
(a) for a person who is not a utility—100 penalty units,
imprisonment for 1 year or both; or
(b) for a utility—2 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or
(b), an authorised officer may, using such reasonable force and
do whatever is necessary to implement the order—
(a) after the expiration of any compliance period specified in the
order; or
compliance with any positive direction in the order, and in the
(6) Any costs or expenses incurred by the Territory in implementing, or
(7) The Magistrates Court may revoke an order under subsection (3) (a)