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Health Act 1956

Quarantine

97A: People liable to quarantine to comply with directions and supply information

You could also call this:

"People in quarantine must follow rules and share information to keep others safe"

If you are liable to quarantine, you must follow all directions given by the medical officer of health or someone they authorise. You must also give any information they ask for if they believe it is necessary to manage public health risks. This information can include your name, travel history, and recent activities.

If you are arriving in New Zealand by craft, the medical officer of health may ask the person in charge of the craft to collect information from passengers and crew. You must take all reasonable steps to provide this information promptly. The medical officer of health can ask for information such as your name, travel history, and recent activities to help manage public health risks.

The medical officer of health can also get information about you from other government departments if they believe it is necessary to trace your movements or find out who you have been in contact with. You can find more information about the Health Amendment Act 2006 which inserted this section into the Health Act 1956.

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Part 4Quarantine

97APeople liable to quarantine to comply with directions and supply information

  1. A person who is liable to quarantine—

  2. must comply with all directions, requirements, or conditions given, made, or imposed by the medical officer of health or a person authorised by the medical officer of health under this Part; and
    1. must, on request by the medical officer of health or a person authorised by the medical officer of health, give any information the officer believes on reasonable grounds to be necessary to enable the management of risks to public health.

      1. In the case of people arriving in New Zealand by craft, the medical officer of health or a person authorised by the medical officer of health may request information under subsection (1)(b) by requiring the person appearing to the officer to be in charge of the craft to collect or supply some or all of it—

      2. by requiring the person to distribute and collect cards or forms for passengers and crew to fill in; or
        1. in any other reasonable manner the officer may require.

          1. A person required under subsection (2) to collect or supply information must take all reasonably practicable steps to do so promptly.

          2. For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the information that may be requested from a person includes—

          3. his or her name; and
            1. his or her recent travel history; and
              1. his or her recent activities; and
                1. his or her previous and present addresses, and proposed routes, destinations, and addresses; and
                  1. his or her movements during the 14 days before his or her arrival; and
                    1. whether he or she is experiencing or has recently experienced particular symptoms.

                      1. Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).

                      2. The medical officer of health or a person authorised by the medical officer of health may obtain from the department of State responsible for keeping it (and the department may supply to the medical officer of health or a health protection officer) any information about a person who is liable to quarantine that the officer believes on reasonable grounds to be necessary to obtain in order to trace the person's movements or discover the contacts the person has had with other people.

                      3. Subsection (1)(b) does not limit the generality of subsection (1)(a).

                      Notes
                      • Section 97A: inserted, on , by section 10(1) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).