(1) If a person is
directed under section 184(1)(a) or (b) to remain in an area for more than 24
hours or, as the case requires, to remain quarantined from other persons for
more than 24 hours —
(a) the
Chief Health Officer must review the direction at intervals not greater than
24 hours to determine whether or not it is still necessary for the person to
remain in the area or, as the case requires, to remain quarantined; and
(b) the
person is entitled to obtain legal advice and to communicate with a lawyer;
and
(c) if
the person is a child, the child is entitled to be represented by —
(i)
a parent or guardian of the child; or
(ii)
another person who has responsibility for the day-to-day
care of the child; or
(iii)
if no person mentioned in another subparagraph of this
paragraph is available, a person, or a person in a class of persons,
prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;
and
(d) if
the person is an impaired person, the impaired person is entitled to be
represented by a responsible person.
(2) A person to whom a
direction under section 184(1)(a) or (b) relates must be immediately permitted
to leave the area in which the person was directed to remain or, as the case
requires, immediately released from quarantine if —
(a)
following a review under subsection (1)(a), the Chief Health Officer
determines that it is no longer necessary for the person to remain in the area
or, as the case requires, to remain quarantined; or
(b) for
any other reason, it is no longer necessary for the person to remain in the
area or, as the case requires, to remain quarantined.
(3) This section does
not apply to a direction under section 184(1)(a) or (b) given to an
IDEC-directed person.
(4) In subsection (3)
—
IDEC-directed person means a person who is subject
to a quarantine direction in respect of an urgently notifiable infectious
disease specified in an IDEC declaration at the time the person became subject
to the direction.
[Section 187 amended: No. 33 of 2020 s. 12.]