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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165A

Objective of Part

    (1)     The objective of this Part is to protect public health and wellbeing in Victoria by establishing a regulatory framework for—

        (a)     preventing and managing the serious risk to life, public health and wellbeing presented by the outbreak or spread of pandemics and diseases of pandemic potential; and

        (b)     supporting proactive and responsive decision-making for the purposes of preventing and managing the outbreak or spread of pandemics and diseases of pandemic potential; and

        (c)     ensuring that decisions made and actions taken under this Part are informed by public health advice and other relevant information including, but not limited to, advice given by the Chief Health Officer; and

        (d)     promoting transparency and accountability in relation to decisions made and actions taken under this Part; and

        (e)     safeguarding contact tracing information that is collected when a pandemic declaration is in force.

    (2)     The Parliament—

        (a)     recognises the importance of protecting human rights in managing the serious risk to life, public health and wellbeing presented by the outbreak or spread of pandemics and diseases of pandemic potential; and

        (b)     intends that nothing in this Part displaces the operation of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities; and

        (c)     intends that the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities therefore applies to the following—

              (i)     the interpretation of this Part and subordinate instruments made under this Part;

              (ii)     acts done, and decisions made, under this Part by public authorities.

Division 2—Pandemic declarations

S. 165AB inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.



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