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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 156

156 .         Operation of this Division

        (1)         A person may exercise a power conferred on an authorised officer under this Division if the person is authorised by the Chief Health Officer to exercise the power under section 152(1).

        (2)         However, the power can be exercised only —

            (a)         if the serious public health risk to which the authorisation relates has arisen; and

            (b)         while that serious public health risk continues.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not limit section 190(1)(p).



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