Clause 50

in section 2(1), after “section”, insert “or section 21G of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976”;

in section 3, in the definition of “public health emergency”, replace “section 17A(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health” with “section 21E(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 by the appropriate Minister under that Act”;

in section 10(2), replace “this section” with “subsection (1)”;

in section 10, after subsection (2), insert —“(2A) Without affecting subsection (1) or (2), in the case of a public health emergency —

in addition to a member of the armed forces or the civil defence force acting in the course of his or her duty, a person authorised in writing by a competent authority and acting in the course of his or her duty, may, for the purpose of securing the safety of human life and health, do any work on any land or place anything in or over any land; and

a person (other than a police officer or a public officer acting in the course of his or her duty) must not, except with permission granted by or on behalf of the armed forces, the civil defence force or the competent authority mentioned in paragraph (a), remove, alter or tamper with any work done, or thing placed in, on or over any land pursuant to this subsection.”;

renumber section 11 as subsection (1) of that section;

in section 11(1), replace “this section” with “this subsection”; and

in section 11, after subsection (1), insert —“(2) Without affecting subsection (1), in the case of a public health emergency, any person authorised by the appropriate Minister under the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 to act under this subsection may, on producing (if so required) a duly authenticated document showing his or her authority, exercise the powers under subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c).”.