Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2024

Prohibition against certain conduct in relation to inspections under section 73A

15. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 77A:

“77B. A person shall not—

(a) refuse to allow a person who under section 73A is conducting an inspection—

(i) to enter any premises other than a dwelling in accordance with that section or in accordance with a warrant issued by the District Court, or

(ii) to enter any dwelling in accordance with that section under and in accordance with a warrant issued by the District Court,

(b) obstruct or impede a person conducting an inspection under section 73A in the exercise of functions under that section, or

(c) give to a person conducting an inspection under section 73A information that the person giving the information knows, or should reasonably know, to be false or misleading.”.