Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
| Act of Parliament | ||
 Commencement 26 September 1984 | | |
Status: Amended | ||
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | ||
| Revised text of statute as amended | ||
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22) is a piece of legislation for England and Wales which requires physicians to notify the 'proper officer' of the local authority of any person deemed to be suffering from a notifiable disease.[1][2] It also provides powers to isolate infected individuals to prevent the spread of such a disease. The act forms the basis of various legislation connected to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[3]
History
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The Act has been discussed as a means to detain individuals with tuberculosis to prevent the spread of the disease in the UK.[4][5][6][7] A 2000 article in the Journal of Public Health suggested sections of the Act may need to be amended to adhere to scrutiny from the European Convention on Human Rights, which the UK had just joined.[8]
COVID-19 pandemic
This Act was used as the legal basis for the regulations that put into force the
Misinformation about the Act circulated online during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] This included claims that it had been amended to mandate COVID-19 vaccination; according to Full Fact, the Act does not provide any power to mandate any treatment or vaccination.[12]
See also
- Civil Contingencies Act 2004
- Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1985
- Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988
- Coronavirus Act 2020
- British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Biosecurity Act 2015
References
- ISBN 1-902089-68-5
- ^ "Notifiable diseases and causative organisms: how to report". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- S2CID 212709259.
- PMID 14527348.
- PMID 8605479.
- PMID 8605477.
- S2CID 464716.
- PMID 11077895. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020". gov.uk. Crown copyright OGLv3.0.
- ^ a b Holder, Kevin (26 March 2020). "Lockdown becomes Law". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Fact Check-The British legal system does not have U.S.-style inalienable rights". Reuters. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "The Control of Diseases Act was not changed in April to say you can be forcibly vaccinated". Full Fact. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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