Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Control of Infectious Diseases Within Singapore
21B. Order to disseminate health advisory
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The Director-General of Health may, for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of any infectious disease in Singapore, or the spread of any infectious disease into Singapore or from Singapore to outside Singapore, by written order, direct any relevant operator or class of relevant operators —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
to disseminate any health advisory, in such form and manner as the Director-General of Health may require, to any relevant person or class of relevant persons specified in the order;
to provide any information, in the possession or control of the relevant operator or those relevant operators, to the Director-General of Health to facilitate the Director-General of Health or any other person in the dissemination of a health advisory to a relevant person or class of relevant persons; or
to provide any information, in the possession or control of the relevant operator or those relevant operators, to another relevant operator or class of relevant operators who is or are required to disseminate a health advisory under paragraph (a), to facilitate in the dissemination of the health advisory.
The Director-General of Health may disclose any information obtained from a relevant operator or class of relevant operators under subsection (1)(b) to another relevant operator or class of relevant operators who is or are required to disseminate a health advisory under subsection (1)(a), to facilitate in the dissemination of the health advisory.
The Director-General of Health may impose conditions as to the use of any information provided or disclosed to any relevant operator or class of relevant operators under subsection (1)(c) or (2).
Any relevant operator (including a relevant operator in a class of relevant operators) who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with —
an order under subsection (1); or
a condition under subsection (3),shall be guilty of an offence.
This section does not affect any other right of disclosure a relevant operator may have under any written law or rule of law.