Queensland Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2018 - REG 17

17 Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes

(1) A relevant person for a place must ensure water or another liquid that has accumulated at the place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1) , it is irrelevant whether the accumulation is artificial, natural, permanent or temporary.

(3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is a defence for the defendant to prove that the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with subsection (1) .

(4) In this section—

"breeding ground" , for mosquitoes, means a place where mosquito eggs, larvae or pupae are present.

Examples of places where liquid may accumulate and be a breeding ground for mosquitoes—

bromeliads, containers, ditches, drains, gutters, car bodies, ponds, swimming and tidal pools, sump traps, tyres, tubs, water features