Public Health Act 2010
74Conditions applicable if person detained pursuant to public health order
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74 Conditions applicable if person detained pursuant to public health order
74 Conditions applicable if person detained pursuant to public health order
(cf 1991 Act, s 27)
(1) A public health detainee is to be detained in accordance with the conditions specified in the relevant public health order with respect to the person’s security.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a public health detainee may, with the approval of an authorised medical practitioner, be permitted to leave the place of detention, but only under the constant personal supervision of a person, or one of a number of persons, nominated by the medical practitioner.
(3) A public health detainee who evades or attempts to evade any supervision to which he or she is subject under subsection (2) is taken to have failed to comply with a requirement of the relevant public health order.