South Australia

   Emergency Management Regulations 2009

   under the Emergency Management Act 2004

   Contents
   1 Short title
   2 Commencement
   3 Interpretation
   4 Prescribed powers
   5 Confidentiality

   Legislative history

   1--Short title

   These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Management
   Regulations 2009.

   2--Commencement

   These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are
   made.

   3--Interpretation

   In these regulations--

   Act means the Emergency Management Act 2004.

   4--Prescribed powers

   For the purposes of section 25(2)(o) of the Act, the State Co-ordinator
   or an authorised officer may exercise the following prescribed powers:

   (a) carry out, or cause to be carried out, excavation or other
   earthworks;

   (b) construct, or cause to be constructed, barriers, buildings or other
   structures;

   (c) remove or destroy, or order the removal or destruction of any
   thing;

   (d) direct a person to remain isolated or segregated from other persons
   or to take other measures to prevent the transmission of a disease or
   condition to other persons;

   (e) direct a person to undergo medical observation, examination
   (including diagnostic procedures) or treatment (including preventative
   treatment);

   (f) require a person to furnish such information as may be reasonably
   required in the circumstances (other than information that may be
   required to be furnished under section 6 of the Essential Services
   Act 1981).

   5--Confidentiality

   If a person, in the course of the administration or enforcement of the
   Act, obtains--

   (a) medical information relating to another; or

   (b) information the disclosure of which would involve the disclosure of
   information relating to the personal affairs of another,

   the person must not intentionally disclose that information unless--

   (c) the disclosure is made in the course of the administration or
   enforcement of the Act; or

   (d) the disclosure is made with the consent of the other person; or

   (e) the disclosure is required by a court or tribunal constituted by
   law.

   Maximum penalty: $5 000.

   Legislative history

   Notes

   o For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
   legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian
   Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

   Principal regulations

   Year
       No
         Reference
                               Commencement
   2009
       58
         Gazette 7.5.2009 p1712
                               7.5.2009:  r 2