EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY COVID-19 PROVISIONS) BILL 2022
872. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the Emergency Management Amendment (Temporary
COVID-19 Provisions) Bill 2022.
(1) Can the
minister describe a potential scenario in which an authorised COVID-19 officer
would need to confiscate property without a warrant and explain why this
provision is needed?
(2) Can the
minister describe a potential scenario in which an authorised COVID-19 officer
would need to require a person to submit to
an infection prevention measure; and, how much force will be able to be used?
(3) How will
authorised COVID-19 officers be trained to make medical decisions that will be
enforced upon individuals to ensure individual medical conditions are
considered appropriately on a case-by-case basis?
(4) Does the
minister understand the concerns that many in the community have raised in
emails about this proposed legislation?
The PRESIDENT: Before I give the call to the Minister
for Emergency Services, I would just like to point out that that question was
long and requested a great deal of information. I will check whether the
minister is able to provide an answer.
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question. The level
of detail requested in the question would require an answer that would fall
foul of standing order 106, which requires that answers to questions be concise
and relevant. I understand that my office has reached out to the member's
office to arrange a briefing on the bill to provide him with a level of detail
on the legislation.