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P-22.4 - Public Health Act

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Action by Minister in respect of health hazard
8(1)If the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that a health hazard exists and the person to whom an order is or would be directed under subsection 6(6)
(a) has refused to comply with or is not complying with the order,
(b) is not likely to comply with the order promptly,
(c) cannot readily be identified or located and as a result the order would not be carried out promptly, or
(d) requests the assistance of the Minister in preventing or decreasing the effects of or eliminating the health hazard,
the Minister may enter upon the premises, with such persons, materials and equipment and using such force as the Minister considers necessary, and may take such action as the Minister considers necessary to prevent or decrease the effects of or eliminate the health hazard.
8(2)Actions by the Minister under this section may include, but are not limited to,
(a) the placarding of premises to give notice of the existence of a health hazard or of an order made under this Act, or both,
(b) doing any work the Minister considers necessary in, on or about any premises,
(c) removing any thing from the premises or the environs of premises,
(d) detaining any thing removed from any premises or the environs of any premises,
(e) cleaning or disinfecting, or both, of any premises or thing, and
(f) destroying any thing found on the premises or the environs of the premises.
2017, c.42, s.7
Action by Minister in respect of health hazard
8(1)Where the Minister is of the opinion, on reasonable and probable grounds, that a health hazard exists and the person to whom an order is or would be directed under subsection 6(6)
(a) has refused to comply with or is not complying with the order,
(b) is not likely to comply with the order promptly,
(c) cannot readily be identified or located and as a result the order would not be carried out promptly, or
(d) requests the assistance of the Minister in preventing or decreasing the effects of or eliminating the health hazard,
the Minister may enter upon the premises, with such persons, materials and equipment and using such force as the Minister considers necessary, and may take such action as the Minister considers necessary to prevent or decrease the effects of or eliminate the health hazard.
8(2)Actions by the Minister under this section may include, but are not limited to,
(a) the placarding of premises to give notice of the existence of a health hazard or of an order made under this Act, or both,
(b) doing any work the Minister considers necessary in, on or about any premises,
(c) removing any thing from the premises or the environs of premises,
(d) detaining any thing removed from any premises or the environs of any premises,
(e) cleaning or disinfecting, or both, of any premises or thing, and
(f) destroying any thing found on the premises or the environs of the premises.