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Health Act 1956

Management of infectious diseases - Directions - General provisions concerning directions and notices

92Q: Directions may be extended

You could also call this:

"Rules can be extended if they're still needed"

If a medical officer of health gives you a direction, they can extend it before it expires. They can do this if they think the reasons for giving the direction are still valid. They can extend it for up to 6 months.

The medical officer of health can extend the direction more than once. You will get a notice if they decide to extend it. This notice will tell you about the extension.

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Part 3AManagement of infectious diseases
Directions: General provisions concerning directions and notices

92QDirections may be extended

  1. A medical officer of health may at a reasonable time before the expiry of a direction, by notice to the individual concerned, extend the direction for a period of not more than 6 months if he or she is satisfied that the conditions for giving the direction continue to be satisfied.

  2. The medical officer of health may extend the direction on 1 or more occasions.

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