Western Australian Current Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 10F

10F .         Closure of whole or part of school, community kindergarten or child care service

        (1)         The Chief Health Officer may direct the person in charge of a school, community kindergarten or child care service to close the whole, or a part, of the school, community kindergarten or child care service if the Chief Health Officer considers it reasonably necessary to limit or prevent the spread of a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease.

        (2)         The direction must —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         specify the period of time during which the whole or part of the school, community kindergarten or child care service is to remain closed.

        (3)         A person given a direction under subregulation (1) must comply with the direction.

        Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.

        [Regulation 10F inserted: Gazette 7 Dec 2018 p. 4665‑6; amended: Gazette 19 Jul 2019 p. 2854.]