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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165AW Chief Health Officer may authorise exercise of certain powers

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165AW

Chief Health Officer may authorise exercise of certain powers

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a pandemic declaration is in force; and

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer believes that it is reasonably necessary to grant an authorisation under this section to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health.

    (2)     The Chief Health Officer may, for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health, authorise—

        (a)         authorised officers, or a specified class or classes of authorised officers, appointed by the Secretary to exercise any of the public health risk powers and the pandemic management powers; and

        (b)     if specified in the authorisation, a specified class or classes of authorised officers appointed by a specified Council or specified Councils to exercise any of the public health risk powers and the pandemic management powers.

    (3)     The Chief Health Officer may at any time revoke or vary an authorisation given under this section.

S. 165AX inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.