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Section 2Part 1 — Introductory

Definitions

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means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years
means any structure whatsoever, whether permanent or temporary, for whatsoever purpose used
includes burial in earth or sea and any other mode of disposal of a dead body except cremation
in relation to any notifiable or infectious disease, means any person having in that person's blood, nose, throat, excreta or discharges, the specific infectious agent of that disease
includes a settlement tank or other tank for the reception and storage of foul matter from buildings
means any person for the time being appointed under section 3
means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, that office in the public service of the Islands
means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, but does not include a person who is or has been married
in relation to any building, includes limewashing, papering, painting and the destruction of vermin
includes privy
in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who has been exposed to the risk of infection from an infectious disease within a period not exceeding the period of incubation of that disease
means a court of summary jurisdiction constituted under the Summary Jurisdiction Act (2025 Revision)
means a movable receptacle for the deposit of refuse and garbage
means a house, shed, hut, tent, vehicle, vessel, boat, cave or any other structure or place whatsoever, in which, or in any portion of which, any human being sleeps or resides
means a closet having a movable receptacle for the reception of faecal matter and its deodorisation by the use of earth, chemicals, or by other methods
means any person for the time being appointed as such under section 3 and includes the Chief Environmental Health Officer
includes waste food and other putrescible matter
means refuse from a dwelling-house
means a type of microorganism, helminth or virus that causes or contributes to the cause of increased mortality of human beings or animals
means any disease which can be communicated directly or indirectly by any person suffering therefrom to any other person
means any waste material that has the potential of infecting a human being with a disease, and includes (but is not limited to) cultures and stocks of infectious agents, laboratory waste, pathological waste, contaminated animal carcasses, waste of industrial, medical or any other laboratories, and waste from any source whatsoever which is capable of causing infection
means a water-closet or a privy of any other type and includes a urinal
means any person for the time being appointed as such under section 3 and includes the Senior Medical Officer of Health
means a person registered under the Health Practice Act (2026 Revision) as a health practitioner qualified to practice the health profession of medicine
means the requirements that persons who are not detained but allowed to move about freely attend for medical examination at such times and places as may be directed by a Medical Officer of Health
means the Member of the Cabinet responsible for health
means any disease for the time being specified in the Schedule
includes any act, omission, or thing occasioning or likely to occasion injury, annoyance, offence, harm, danger or damage to the sense of sight, smell or hearing, or which is or is likely to be dangerous or injurious to person or property
in respect of any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises, or having the charge, management or control thereof, either on that person's own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger
in relation to any land or premises, means the person for the time being entitled to receive the rent of the land or premises, whether on that person's own account or as the agent of or trustee for any other person or who would be so entitled if the land or premises were let at a rent, and includes any person for the time being registered under any law or regulations as the proprietor of the land or premises
means the father or mother of a child whether legitimate or not
means injurious, or likely to cause injury to health
means messuages, buildings, land, easements or hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof, used or intended to be used for human habitation, or for employment or any other purpose whatsoever
means any public or private establishment for primary, secondary or higher education and includes a hostel or boarding house for the pupils at any such establishment and includes also a Sunday school, a kindergarten or nursery school, a day-care and a recreational centre
means any person for the time being appointed as such under section 3
means any disease transmitted by sexual intercourse and includes primary or secondary syphilis in contagious form or acute or chronic gonorrhoea or gonorrhoeal ophthalmia or soft chancre or lymphogranuloma inguinale or granuloma venereum or any other disease declared by the Cabinet by Notice in the Gazette to be a sexually transmitted disease
means a pit or channel suitably prepared to receive water for seepage into the surrounding ground
means any swimming pool whether in private ownership or open to the public and whether or not any charge is made for its use
means any liquid either with or without particles or matter in suspension therein, which is wholly or in part produced in the course of any trade or industry carried on at trade premises, but does not include domestic sewage
means any premises used or intended to be used for carrying on any trade or business
means refuse and garbage from any trade, manufacturing process or business, and includes refuse and garbage from hotels, shops and offices
means anything constructed or used for conveyance of persons or goods on land, in whatever way driven, propelled or towed but does not include any gun-carriage, tank or other armed conveyance belonging to His Majesty's forces
includes any aeroplane other than an aeroplane forming part of His Majesty's Forces, or of the armed forces of any country prescribed by the Cabinet by Notice published in the Gazette and any marine craft however propelled and whether seagoing or not and any hovercraft but does not include a naval craft or transport of any country prescribed by the Cabinet by Notice published in the Gazette

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