# Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, Section 3A: Removal to hospital of person with notifiable disease.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a resident magistrate is satisfied, on the application of the Regional Agency that a person is suffering from a notifiable disease and that serious risk of infection is thereby caused to other persons, the magistrate may order him to be removed to a hospital.
(2) An order under this section may be addressed to an authorised officer and that officer and any other authorised officer may do all acts necessary for giving effect to the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1967/36/section/3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-northern-ireland-1967/section-3A
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