Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES ACT - SECT 5

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -

"animal" includes a dead animal and part of an animal;

"authorized person" means a person to whom the Chief Health Officer delegates, in relation to a power or function, the exercise of that power or performance of that function under section 31 and who, in the instrument of delegation, is described as an authorized person;

"Chief Health Officer" means the Chief Health Officer appointed under the Public Health Act ;

"child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;

"diagnostic procedures" means the collection and examination of samples from an infected person or suspect person for pathology investigation and includes radiological examinations;

"goods" includes animals, plants and minerals and any other kind of moveable property;

"infected person" means a person -

(a) who is suffering from a notifiable disease;

(b) who is a carrier of a notifiable disease; or

(c) from whom a notifiable disease may be contracted;

"isolation area" means an area declared under section 17 to be an isolation area;

"medical examination" means a physical examination by a medical practitioner and includes the use of diagnostic procedures, where necessary, to establish the presence of a notifiable disease;

"medical officer" means a Medical Officer of Health appointed under the Public Health Act and includes the Chief Health Officer;

"notifiable disease" means a disease declared to be a notifiable disease under section 6;

"plant" includes a dead plant and part of a plant;

"suspect person" means a person who -

(a) is suspected of being an infected person; or

(b) has or may have been exposed to an infected person or goods which are known or suspected to be infected or a source of infection.

(2) A power of prohibition under this Act shall include a prohibition generally or with limitations as to place and subject-matter and either absolutely or subject to specified conditions or restrictions.

(3) Where a notice or order under this Act may be served on a child, a copy of such notice or order shall be deemed to have been served on that child if a copy of that notice or order was served on a parent or guardian of that child.

(4) Where an obligation under this Act is placed upon a child, the parent or guardian of the child shall be liable for carrying out that obligation or ensuring that the obligation is carried out, unless the contrary intention appears.