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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 61

Regulations about public health risks

61 Regulations about public health risks

(1) A regulation may be made for this chapter about public health risks including—
(a) standards for water quality in residential and non-residential swimming pools, spas, hydrotherapy pools, water slides and recreational water parks, for human use; and
(b) measures to control designated pests, including—
(i) standards for the proofing of any building against designated pests; and
(ii) procedures to be followed to prevent the breeding of, to eliminate any refuge or food source for, or to eradicate, designated pests; and
(iii) the imposition of a permit system for keeping designated pests; and
(c) measures to prevent and control public health risks.
(2) A regulation made under this section must state whether the regulation is to be administered and enforced by—
(a) the State only; or
(b) local governments only.
(3) A regulation made under this section does not bind the State except to the extent prescribed by the regulation.



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