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Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note The objects of this Regulation are to—
 * (a) empower a specified medical practitioner to require a person clinically suspected by the medical practitioner to have contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to undergo a test for that disease; and
 * (b) introduce a mechanism for requiring every person who falls within a certain category or description to undergo such a test.

2. Part 1 prescribes the commencement date and contains the definitions used in the Regulation.

3. Part 2 empowers a specified medical practitioner to, if the medical practitioner clinically suspects that a person attended by the medical practitioner during a specified period has contracted the coronavirus disease 2019, by written direction require the person to undergo a test for that disease. A failure to comply with a requirement under the direction without lawful authority or reasonable excuse is a criminal offence punishable by fine.

4. Part 3 empowers the Secretary for Food and Health to, by notice published in the Gazette, specify a category or description of persons who are required to undergo a test for the coronavirus disease 2019. A failure to comply with a requirement under the notice without lawful authority or reasonable excuse is a criminal offence punishable by fine.