An authorised officer
may give an improvement notice to a person if the officer reasonably believes
that —
(a) the
person —
(i)
is carrying on a public health risk activity that
contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
(ii)
is carrying on a public health risk activity in a manner
that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
(iii)
has carried on a public health risk activity that
contravened, or in a manner that contravened, any provision of this Act in
circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be
repeated;
or
(b) the
person —
(i)
is carrying on an activity that poses a public health
risk or that is carried on in a manner that poses a public health risk; and
(ii)
has failed to take reasonable and practicable steps to
prevent or minimise any harm to public health;
or
(c) the
person is failing, or has failed, to comply with the general public health
duty; or
(d) the
person is the occupier of premises where —
(i)
a public health risk activity is being carried on that
contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this Act; or
(ii)
a public health risk activity is being carried on in a
manner that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any provision of this
Act; or
(iii)
a public health risk activity has been carried on, or
carried on in a manner, that contravened any provision of this Act in
circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be
repeated;
or
(e) the
person is the occupier of premises where —
(i)
an activity is being carried on that poses a public
health risk or that is carried on in a manner that poses a public health risk;
and
(ii)
reasonable and practicable steps to prevent or minimise
any harm to public health have not been taken;
or
(f) the
person is the occupier of premises where there is or has been a failure to
comply with the general public health duty.