Regulation 21

The Commandant may, at any time, require any detainee or military prisoner to undergo a medical examination by the medical officer for the purposes of ascertaining whether the detainee or military prisoner is suffering from, or is a carrier of, any infectious disease.

Any detainee or military prisoner who, without reasonable excuse, refuses to submit to the medical examination under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence under the Act and shall be liable on conviction to the penalties prescribed therein.

The Commandant may, in the case of any detainee or military prisoner who refuses to undergo the medical examination under paragraph (1), direct that the detainee or military prisoner be detained separately from other detainees or military prisoners until such time when the detainee or military prisoner undergoes the required medical examination.

Where a detainee or military prisoner has been ascertained to be suffering from, or is a carrier of, any infectious disease under this regulation, the medical officer shall immediately give a written report to the Commandant.

The Commandant may, upon receipt of the written report by the medical officer under paragraph (4), direct that the detainee or military prisoner be detained separately from other persons until the medical officer certifies that the detainee or military prisoner is free from infection or the risk of spreading the infectious disease to other persons is eliminated.

In this regulation, “infectious disease” has the same meaning as in the Infectious Diseases Act 1976.