If you have an infectious disease, you might be isolated to stop it spreading. A law used to say what would happen if you were likely to spread an infectious disease, but it is no longer in force. It was repealed on 4 January 2017 by section 9 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016.

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78: Director-General of Health may order post-mortem examination, or

"Doctor can check a body after death to stop diseases spreading"

80: Offences in respect of infectious or communicable diseases, or

"Breaking the law when you spread infectious diseases in public"

Part 3Infectious and notifiable diseases

79Isolation of persons likely to spread infectious disease (Repealed)

Notes

Section 79: repealed, on 4 January 2017, by section 9 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 35).