A young man will face court tomorrow charged under the Emergency Management Act.
Today, Tuesday 28 December, SAPOL COVID-19 investigators from Licensing Enforcement Branch arrested a 19-year-old man from Kensington Park and charged him with failing to comply with directions under Section 28 of the Emergency Management Act.
It will be alleged the man remained at a city nightclub and did not quarantine after being informed by SA Health that he had returned a positive COVID-19 test.
He has been refused police bail and will appear before the Adelaide Magistrates Court tomorrow, Wednesday 29 December.
The failure without a reasonable excuse to comply with a direction given in accordance with the Emergency Management Act 2004 during a major emergency amounts to a criminal offence. For an individual, the maximum penalty is a $20,000 fine or imprisonment for two years.
