Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 61

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.