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Public Health Act 2010
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#### 73 Action following arrest or surrender
73 Action following arrest or surrender
(cf 1991 Act, s 30)
> > (1) If a person in respect of whom an authorised medical practitioner has issued a certificate under section 71(1) for an alleged contravention of a public health order is brought or otherwise appears before the Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Tribunal is to conduct an inquiry into the allegation.
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> > (2) Following its inquiry, the Civil and Administrative Tribunal—
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> > > (a) may confirm the order, or
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> > > (b) may vary the order and confirm it as varied, or
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> > > (c) may caution the person and take no further action in the matter.
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> > (3) The Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s power to vary a public health order under this section is a power—
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> > > (a) to omit a requirement from the order, or
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> > > (b) to include in the order a requirement that could have been included in the order when it was made, or
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> > > (c) to substitute a requirement that could have been included in the order when it was made for any one or more of the requirements already included in the order.
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> > (4) A person may be dealt with under this section for an alleged contravention of a public health order whether or not the person has been charged with an offence in relation to the same contravention.
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> **s 73:** Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 \[14\].