PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 71 Arrest of persons who contravene public health orders

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 71

71 Arrest of persons who contravene public health orders

(cf 1991 Act, s 29)

(1) An authorised medical practitioner may issue a certificate to the effect that a named person is contravening a public health order.

(2) A police officer may apply to an authorised warrants officer for an arrest warrant in relation to the person named in a certificate issued under subsection (1).

(3) The authorised warrants officer may issue an arrest warrant in relation to the person so named if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so.

(4) A warrant under this section is sufficient authority for any police officer to arrest the named person and to bring the named person before the Civil and Administrative Tribunal to be dealt with under section 73.

(5) In this section,
"authorised warrants officer" means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .