South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts37—Functions of councils
(1) A council is the
local public health authority for its area.
(2) In connection with
subsection (1), the following functions are conferred on a council by
this Act:
(a) to
take action to preserve, protect and promote public health within its area;
(b) to
cooperate with other authorities involved in the administration of this Act;
(c) to
ensure that adequate sanitation measures are in place in its area;
(d)
insofar as is reasonably practicable, to have adequate measures in place
within its area to ensure that activities do not adversely affect public
health;
(e) to
identify risks to public health within its area;
(f) as
necessary, to ensure that remedial action is taken to reduce or eliminate
adverse impacts or risks to public health;
(g) to
assess activities and development, or proposed activities or development,
within its area in order to determine and respond to public health impacts (or
potential public health impacts);
(h) to
provide, or support the provision of, educational information about
public health and to provide or support activities within its area to
preserve, protect or promote public health;
(i)
such other functions assigned to the council by this Act.