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New South Wales
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
Amendment Bill 2013
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
Overview of Bill
The object of this Bill is to amend the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 to enable
the Minister to direct a water supply authority to add fluorine to a public water supply under its
control. Failure to comply with such a direction is an offence (with a maximum penalty of $5,500
and a maximum daily penalty of $550 if the offence continues).
Outline of provisions
Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of assent to the
proposed Act.
Clause 3 amends the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 in the manner referred to in
the above Overview.
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Introduced by the Hon Dr A D McDonald, MP First print
New South Wales
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
Amendment Bill 2013
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 No 58 2
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New South Wales
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
Amendment Bill 2013
No , 2013
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 to enable the Minister to
direct a water supply authority to fluoridate its public water supply.
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Amendment Bill 2013 [NSW]
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Amendment Act 2013. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 5
3 Amendment of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 No 58 6
(1) Section 6 Addition of fluorine to public water supplies 7
Insert "or at the direction of the Minister" after "Secretary" in section 6 (2). 8
(2) Section 6AA 9
Insert after section 6A: 10
6AA Ministerial direction 11
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, direct a water 12
supply authority to add fluorine to a public water supply under its 13
control. 14
(2) A water supply authority that fails to comply with a direction given by 15
the Minister under this section, or any terms attached to that direction, 16
is guilty of an offence under this Act. 17
(3) Section 6B Discontinuance of fluoridation 18
Omit section 6B (1). Insert instead: 19
(1) A water supply authority to which an approval has been granted or a 20
direction has been given must not discontinue fluoridating the public 21
water supply concerned unless: 22
(a) in the case of an approval or direction given under section 6 or 23
6A--the approval or direction is revoked by the Director General 24
of the Ministry of Health, or 25
(b) in the case of a direction given under section 6AA--the direction 26
is revoked by the Minister. 27
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