Health Act 1956

Management of infectious diseases - Overarching principles

92A: Principles to be taken into account

You could also call this:

"Important rules to consider when dealing with infectious diseases"

When you are dealing with infectious diseases, you need to think about the principles outlined in sections 92C to 92H. These principles are for everyone, including you and the courts, when you are making decisions about infectious diseases. You should look at the principles in sections 92C to 92H, which can be found here.

The principles in sections 92C to 92H are not in any special order, so you should not think that one is more important than another. You can find these principles here and they will help you make good decisions. Just remember, they are all important.

If you are doing contact tracing because someone asked you to under section 92ZZD(2), you are not making decisions about infectious diseases in the same way that the courts do. This means you do not have to think about the principles in the same way. You are just helping to trace who might have been in contact with someone with an infectious disease.

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Part 3AManagement of infectious diseases
Overarching principles

92APrinciples to be taken into account

  1. The principles set out in sections 92C to 92H are to be taken into account by every person and every court performing a function under this Part.

  2. Nothing in sections 92C to 92H is to be taken as indicating that the principles in those sections are set out in any order of importance.

  3. To avoid doubt, an individual undertaking contact tracing in response to a request under section 92ZZD(2) is not performing a function under this Part.

Notes
  • Section 92A: replaced, on , by section 11 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 35).