Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation
Part 5
L.N. 221 of 2020
Section 19
B3555
(4) A person who, in purported compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1), knowingly or recklessly provides any information that is false or misleading in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.
19. Power to demand information
(1) A prescribed officer may, for exercising a power under section 14(2), require a person to provide any information if—
- (a) the officer has reason to believe that the information—
- (i) is within the knowledge, in the possession or under the control of the person; and
- (ii) is relevant to—
- (A) ascertaining whether a person whom the officer has reason to believe to be a specified person is actually a specified person; or
- (B) the identification and tracing of a person who is a target person; and
- (b) it is not reasonably practicable to exercise that power in respect of the person mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii)(A) or (B) if the information is not obtained.
(2) If a prescribed officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 8(1), 13(1) or 16(1), the officer may, for issuing or serving a summons or other document in relation to the offence, require the person to—
- (a) provide the person’s name, date of birth, address and contact telephone number (if any); and
