Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
corresponding law means a provision of a law of
another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth that is prescribed by the
regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this section;
order includes a notice, requirement or direction.
(2) This section
applies if —
(a) a
person is subject to an order under a corresponding law; and
(b) the
terms of the order provide for matters that could be the subject (wholly or
substantially) of a public health order under this Division; and
(c) the
person enters this State.
(3) If this section
applies, the order to which the person is subject operates in this State, in
accordance with this section, as if it were a public health order made under
this Division, but with the following modifications —
(a) the
order has the terms set out in the order or applying to it under the law of
the jurisdiction in which it was made, with any variations made under
subsection (5)(a) or section 116(5);
(b)
section 127(1)(a) does not apply.
(4) An order that
operates in this State under subsection (3) has no effect until a copy of the
order (with or without any variations made under subsection (5)(a)) is served
personally in accordance with section 118(1) or (2).
(5) If an order
operates in this State under subsection (3) —
(a) the
Chief Health Officer may, by written notice served in accordance with
section 130(2), vary the order as it operates in this State, but only to the
extent reasonably necessary for its effective operation in this State; and
(b) the
order ceases to operate in this State if —
(i)
the order expires or is revoked under the corresponding
law; or
(ii)
the Chief Health Officer revokes the order under
section 116(5).