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Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation Part 2 Section 8 (3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to establish that at the time of the alleged offence, the person had taken all reasonable steps to secure compliance with subsection (1).

8. Powers of persons in charge as regards vaccine pass direction

(1) The person in charge of any specified premises or specified public transport carrier may, for securing compliance with section 5(1) or 7(1)—
 * (a) require a person who enters, boards or remains on the premises or carrier (as the case may be) to provide any record, document or information that is necessary for securing compliance with that section; and
 * (b) inspect and examine such record, document or information.

(2) Subsection (3) applies if a person in charge of any specified premises or specified public transport carrier is required under section 4(1)(c) to scan any QR code that is on or being a vaccination record or a specified medical exemption certificate of any person who—
 * (a) in relation to any specified premises—enters or remains on the premises; or
 * (b) in relation to any specified public transport carrier— boards or remains on the carrier.

(3) The person in charge of any specified premises or specified public transport carrier, or the employee or agent of the person in charge, may—
 * (a) for securing compliance with section 7(1), scan the QR code mentioned in subsection (2) to save the vaccination record or the specified medical exemption