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Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
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28Prohibition of certain work on premises where notifiable disease exists
(1)If a case of a notifiable disease occurs on any premises, then, whether the person suffering from the disease has been removed from the premises or not, the local authority for the district may make an order forbidding any work to which this section applies to be given out to any person living or working on those premises, or on such part of them as may be specified in the order; and any order so made may be served on the occupier of any factory or other place from which work is given out, or on any contractor employed by any such occupier.
(2)An order under this section may be expressed—
(a)to operate for a specified time or until the premises or any part of them specified in the order have been disinfected to the satisfaction of the local authority, or
(b)to be inoperative so long as any other reasonable precautions specified in the order are taken.
(3)If any occupier or contractor on whom an order under this section has been served contravenes the provisions of the order, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(4)This section applies to the making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting, finishing or repairing of wearing apparel and any incidental work, and to such other classes of work as may be specified by order of the Secretary of State.
(5)The power of the Secretary of State to make orders under subsection (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument
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