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Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
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37Removal to hospital of person with notifiable disease
(1)Where a justice of the peace (acting, if he deems it necessary, ex parte) is satisfied, on the application of the local authority, that a person is suffering from a notifiable disease and—
(a)that his circumstances are such that proper precautions to prevent the spread of infection cannot be taken, or that such precautions are not being taken, and
(b)that serious risk of infection is thereby caused to other persons, and
(c)that accommodation for him is available in a suitable hospital vested in the Secretary of State,
the justice may, with the consent of the Area or District Health Authority responsible for the administration of the hospital, order him to be removed to it.
(2)An order under this section may be addressed to such officer of the local authority as the justice may think expedient, and that officer and any officer of the hospital may do all acts necessary for giving effect to the order.
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