Prevention and Control of Disease (Disclosure of Information) Regulation
Explanatory Note
The object of this Regulation is to provide for certain offences in respect of the public health emergency concerning the disease specified in item 34AAA of Schedule 1 to the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599), which is also known as the 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease.
2. Section 1 prescribes the commencement date.
3. Section 2 contains the definitions used in the Regulation.
4. Section 3 makes it an offence for failing to give information required by a health officer, or giving to a health officer information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
5. Section 4 makes it an offence for giving to a medical practitioner false or misleading information on specified particulars.
6. Section 5 provides for the expiry of the Regulation.
