sec.28Power to decontaminate

### sec.28 Power to decontaminate This section applies if a person or property may be, is, or may have been affected by a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency. If the substance involved in the CBR emergency is a biological or radiological substance— a CBRE health officer may take the steps the health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property; or a CBRE fire officer, with the approval of the medical controller, may take the steps the medical controller or a CBRE health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property. If the substance involved in the CBR emergency is a chemical substance, it is lawful for a CBRE fire officer to take the steps the fire officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an animal. For subsections (2) and (3) , the steps include directing the person to stay at a stated place or to go to a stated place for the purposes of the decontamination. It is lawful for a CBRE veterinary officer to take the steps the veterinary officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate an animal. s 28 ins 2003 No. 46 s 13 (sec.28-ssec.1) This section applies if a person or property may be, is, or may have been affected by a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency. (sec.28-ssec.2) If the substance involved in the CBR emergency is a biological or radiological substance— a CBRE health officer may take the steps the health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property; or a CBRE fire officer, with the approval of the medical controller, may take the steps the medical controller or a CBRE health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property. (sec.28-ssec.3) If the substance involved in the CBR emergency is a chemical substance, it is lawful for a CBRE fire officer to take the steps the fire officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property. (sec.28-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an animal. (sec.28-ssec.5) For subsections (2) and (3) , the steps include directing the person to stay at a stated place or to go to a stated place for the purposes of the decontamination. (sec.28-ssec.6) It is lawful for a CBRE veterinary officer to take the steps the veterinary officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate an animal. - (a) a CBRE health officer may take the steps the health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property; or - (b) a CBRE fire officer, with the approval of the medical controller, may take the steps the medical controller or a CBRE health officer considers reasonably necessary to decontaminate the person or property.