The Public Health (Notifiable Diseases – Hantavirus Diseases) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
The Public Health (Notifiable Diseases – Hantavirus Diseases) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2026
Number: 121
Made: 2026-06-19
Coming into force: 2026-06-20
Last ingested: 2026-07-08 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
This Order extends the list of notifiable diseases specified by the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to include Hantavirus diseases, including hantavirus pulmonary/cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
That Act requires a medical practitioner, as soon as he becomes aware, or has reasonable grounds for suspecting, that a person he is attending is suffering from a notifiable disease, to notify the Director of Public Health.