Public and Environmental Health Act 1987 (s.37) Person infected with disease must prevent transmission to others

(1) A person infected with a controlled notifiable disease shall take all reasonable measures to prevent transmission of the disease to others.

Penalty: Division 3 fine ($30 000).

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (s29) Acts endangering life or creating risk of serious harm

(1) Where a person, without lawful excuse, does an act or makes an omission—

1. knowing that the act or omission is likely to endanger the life of another; and
2. intending to endanger the life of another or being recklessly indifferent as to whether the life of another is endangered,

that person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: for a basic offence—imprisonment for 15 years; for an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 18 years.