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Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
sec.22CBRE health officers
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### sec.22 CBRE health officers
A CBRE health officer may exercise the following powers—
the decontamination power;
the property destruction power;
the treatment power;
the power to give directions under section 31 .
The CBRE health officer may exercise the relevant power only in accordance with the terms of this Act, the authorisation to exercise the power and subject to the directions of the CBRE commander or the medical controller.
Also, if the CBRE health officer is a non-government health officer, the non-government health officer is subject to the direction of a government health officer.
s 22 ins 2003 No. 46 s 13
amd 2007 No. 34 s 7 sch
(sec.22-ssec.1) A CBRE health officer may exercise the following powers— the decontamination power; the property destruction power; the treatment power; the power to give directions under section 31 .
(sec.22-ssec.2) The CBRE health officer may exercise the relevant power only in accordance with the terms of this Act, the authorisation to exercise the power and subject to the directions of the CBRE commander or the medical controller.
(sec.22-ssec.3) Also, if the CBRE health officer is a non-government health officer, the non-government health officer is subject to the direction of a government health officer.
- (a) the decontamination power;
- (b) the property destruction power;
- (c) the treatment power;
- (d) the power to give directions under section 31 .