92ZJOrder for contacts

1. The District Court may, on the application of a medical officer of health, make an order in respect of an individual if the court is satisfied that—

2. the individual has been in contact with a person who has, or may have, an infectious disease; and
3. if the infectious disease has been transmitted to the individual, the individual poses, or is likely to pose, a public health risk.

4. The order may impose on the individual any of the requirements stated in section 92ZA(1)(b), (c), (d), (h), (i), and (j) that the court thinks are necessary to prevent or minimise the public health risk that the individual may pose.

5. The court may impose any requirement referred to in subsection (2) subject to any conditions or restrictions that the court considers appropriate.

6. If the terms of the order provide that the order may be brought to an end if the medical officer of health certifies to a Registrar of the court that the order is no longer necessary to manage the public health risk posed by the individual and the Registrar is satisfied that the medical officer of health has given an appropriate certification,—

7. the Registrar must cancel the order; and
8. the order ceases to have effect on cancellation.

9. In determining, for the purposes of subsection (4), that the individual no longer poses a public health risk, the medical officer of health must have regard to any known incubation period for the infectious disease.