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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 112

112 .         Person tested not to be identified

        (1)         When giving notice of test results to a person under section 111(2)(d), the Chief Health Officer —

            (a)         must not include any information that would identify the person from whom the sample tested was obtained or taken; and

            (b)         must warn the person given notice of the test results —

                  (i)         of the obligation imposed by subsection (2); and

                  (ii)         that breach of that obligation is an offence.

        (2)         A person given notice of test results under section 111(2)(d) must not disclose, communicate or make a record of anything in those results that would identify the person from whom the sample tested was obtained or taken.

        Penalty for an offence under this subsection: a fine of $20 000.



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