Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 202H

202H .         Fee payable by hotel-quarantined person in relation to cost of quarantine

        (1)         A hotel-quarantined person is liable to pay the fee prescribed by the regulations.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the Chief Health Officer may issue to the person an invoice stating —

            (a)         the date of the invoice; and

            (b)         the name of the hotel-quarantined person to whom the invoice relates; and

            (c)         the amount of the fee payable by the hotel-quarantined person to whom the invoice relates.

        (3)         If the hotel-quarantined person is a child —

            (a)         the Chief Health Officer may issue the invoice to the child’s parent or guardian; and

            (b)         the child’s parent or guardian is liable to pay the fee.

        (4)         The regulations may provide for a combined fee for 2 or more hotel-quarantined persons who are required or permitted to comply with a quarantine direction in shared accommodation, in which case —

            (a)         the Chief Health Officer may issue a single invoice; and

            (b)         each person (other than a child) is jointly and severally liable for the combined fee.

        [Section 202H inserted: No. 33 of 2020 s. 14.]