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Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation Part 5 Section 17 Part 5 Enforcement Powers 17. Interpretation (Part 5)

In this Part—

target person (目標人士) means a person on whom a compulsory testing order may be served under section 14(2).

18. Power to demand certain information from persons believed to be target persons

(1) If a prescribed officer has reason to believe that a person is a target person, the officer may, for ascertaining whether the person is a target person, require the person to provide any information relevant to that purpose.

(2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(3) It is a defence for a person charged under subsection (2) to establish that—
 * (a) the person had reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement; or
 * (b) without limiting paragraph (a), the information required to be provided was not within the knowledge, in the possession or under the control of the person, and could not reasonably have been ascertained or obtained by the person.