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Prevention and Control of Disease (Disclosure of Information) Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note

The object of this Regulation is to provide for certain offences in respect of the public health emergency concerning the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599), which is also known as the 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease.

2. Section 1 prescribes the commencement date.

3. Section 2 contains the definitions used in the Regulation.

4. Section 3 makes it an offence for failing to give information required by a health officer, or giving to a health officer information that is false or misleading in a material particular.

5. Section 4 makes it an offence for giving to a medical practitioner false or misleading information on specified particulars.

6. Section 5 provides for the expiry of the Regulation.