Health Act, 1947

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Exemption from requirement to submit to measures in relation to protection or immunisation against infectious disease.

32.—(1) (a) Where—

(i) an adult person is required pursuant to regulations made under section 31 of this Act to submit himself to any specified measure in relation to his protection or immunisation against a particular infectious disease, and

(ii) such adult person sends, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, to the health authority concerned, a statement that he objects to submitting himself to such specified measure,

then, unless an order (which relates to such infectious disease and is applicable to such adult person) under paragraph (b) of this subsection is in force, the health authority shall exempt such adult person from such requirement.

(b) The Minister may by order declare that—

(i) it is necessary, for the purpose of preventing the spread of a particular infectious disease, that all adult persons should submit themselves to a specified measure in relation to their protection or immunisation against such infectious disease, or

(ii) it is necessary, for the said purpose, that adult persons of a particular class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) should submit themselves to such specified measure.

(2) (a) Where—

(i) the parent of a child is required pursuant to regulations made under section 31 of this Act to submit the child to any specified measure in relation to his protection or immunisation against a particular infectious disease, and

(ii) such parent sends, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, to the health authority concerned a statement that he objects to submitting the child to such specified measure,

then, unless an order (which relates to such infectious disease and is applicable to the child) under paragraph (b) of this subsection is in force, the health authority shall exempt such parent from such requirement.

(b) The Minister may by order declare that—

(i) it is necessary, for the purpose of preventing the spread of a particular infectious disease, that all children should be submitted to a specified measure in relation to their protection or immunisation against that infectious disease, or

(ii) it is necessary, for the said purpose, that children of a particular class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) should be submitted to such specified measure.