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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2019 (SR NO 135 OF 2019)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objective  
   2.      Authorising provisions  
   3.      Commencement  
   4.      Definitions  

   PART 2--PRESCRIBED SENIOR OFFICERS

   5.      Prescribed senior officers  

   PART 3--CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS

   6.      Meetings of Consultative Councils  
   7.      Quorum of Consultative Council meetings  
   8.      Fees payable to members of a Consultative Council or Consultative Council sub-committee  
   9.      Prescribed Consultative Council  
   10.     Persons to whom a prescribed Consultative Council may provide certain information  
   11.     Information for research  
   12.     Time to provide birth report  

   PART 4--VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

   13.     Purpose of this Part  
   14.     Definition  

           Division 1--Mosquito control

   15.     Duty to control mosquito breeding grounds  
   16.     Direction by authorised officer appointed by Council  
   17.     Direction by any other authorised officer  

           Division 2--Control of disease vectors other than mosquitoes

   18.     Division does not apply in relation to mosquitoes  
   19.     Notice by Chief Health Officer  
   20.     Direction by authorised officer appointed by Council  
   21.     Direction by any other authorised officer  

   PART 5--REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS PREMISES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   22.     Purpose  
   23.     Prescribed business  
   24.     Exempt businesses  

           Division 2--Registered premises other than premises of category 1 aquatic facilities

   25.     Application of Division  
   26.     Applications for issue of registration of premises  
   27.     Applications for transfer of registration of premises  
   28.     Applications for renewal of registration of premises  
   29.     Condition of registered premises  
   30.     Condition of skin penetrating equipment intended to be used at registered premises  
   31.     Condition of skin penetrating equipment after use at registered premises  
   32.     Condition of other articles used at registered premises  
   33.     Personal service hygiene at registered premises  
   34.     Hand washing facilities at registered premises  
   35.     Information to be provided to clients—tattooing, ear piercing, body piercing and other skin penetration processes  
   36.     Information to be kept—premises that conduct tattooing, body piercing or other skin penetration process  
   37.     Advertising and registered premises  
   38.     Notice to be displayed at registered premises  
   39.     Prescribed condition of registration  

           Division 3--Aquatic facilities

   40.     Application of Division  
   41.     Applications for issue of registration of premises  
   42.     Applications for transfer of registration of premises  
   43.     Applications for renewal of registration of premises  
   44.     Prescribed conditions of registration  
   45.     Purpose  
   46.     Duty to minimise risks  
   47.     Duty to maintain and test  
   48.     Chemical testing  
   49.     Microbiological quality of aquatic facility water  
   50.     Condition of aquatic facilities  
   51.     Clarity of aquatic facility water  
   52.     Temperature  
   53.     Filtering  
   54.     Treatment of aquatic facility water  
   55.     Cyanuric acid level  
   56.     Total alkalinity level  
   57.     Combined chlorine  
   58.     Aquatic facility that is suspected or implicated as the source of infection  
   59.     Procedure for responding to non-compliance with microbiological parameters  
   60.     Offence to tamper with sample of aquatic facility water  
   61.     Requirement to keep aquatic facility records  

   PART 6--REGULATORY PROVISIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY

           Division 1--Cooling tower systems

   62.     Meaning of responsible person  
   63.     Obligations to maintain and test cooling tower systems  
   64.     Applications to register or renew registration of a cooling tower system—prescribed fees  
   65.     Secretary may waive fees for registration or renewal of registration of a cooling tower system  
   66.     Risks to be addressed in cooling tower system risk management plans  
   67.     Documents to be inspected in conducting cooling tower system risk management plan audits  
   68.     Treatment of cooling tower system water  
   69.     Disinfection, cleaning and re-disinfection of cooling tower system  
   70.     Routine service and testing obligations  
   71.     Procedure for responding to detection of high heterotrophic colony count  
   72.     Alternate procedure for responding to detection of high heterotrophic colony count  
   73.     Procedure for responding to detection of Legionella  
   74.     Requirement to report detections of high concentrations of Legionella to the Secretary  
   75.     Requirement to report 3 consecutive detections of Legionella to the Secretary  
   76.     Response to notification that cooling tower system is suspected or implicated as a source of infection  
   77.     Offence to tamper with sample of recirculating water  
   78.     Offence to falsify laboratory report  
   79.     Requirement to keep records  

           Division 2--Legionella risks in certain premises

   80.     Meaning of responsible person  
   81.     Application of this Division  
   82.     Obligation to manage Legionella risks  
   83.     Water delivery system suspected or implicated as the source of infection  
   84.     Offence to tamper with water sample  
   85.     Offence to falsify laboratory report  

           Division 3--Pest control

   86.     Pest control licence fees  
   87.     Qualifications for pest control licences  
   88.     Training for supervised pest control licence holders  
   89.     Records  

   PART 7--MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MICRO-ORGANISMS AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS

           Division 1--Notifications

   90.     Purpose of this Division  
   91.     Notifiable conditions and micro-organisms  
   92.     Notification details  
   93.     Notification of notifiable conditions—registered medical practitioners  
   94.     Notification of notifiable conditions—pathology services  
   95.     Notification of notifiable micro-organisms in food—laboratories and food premises  
   96.     Transfer of samples and isolates for sub-typing  
   97.     Sub-typing information to be provided to the Secretary  

           Division 2--Notification and directions

   98.     Secretary may notify Council  
   99.     Secretary may give written directions  
   100.    Powers of authorised officer  

           Division 3--Notification of anaphylaxis

   101.    Definitions  
   102.    Prescribed notification details and manner and period for notification of anaphylaxis  

           Division 4--Closure of court or tribunal

   103.    Closure of court or tribunal—prescribed diseases  

           Division 5--Immunisation

   104.    Definition of immunised  
   105.    Definition of early childhood service  
   106.    Vaccine-preventable diseases  
   107.    Prescribed period—interval for provision of immunisation status certificate for a child who attends an early childhood service  
   108.    Retention of immunisation status certificates at primary schools  
   109.    Access to immunisation status certificates  
   110.    Provision of information  
   111.    Exclusion from primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre  
   112.    Disclosure of information to Councils by secondary schools—immunisation co-ordination  

           Division 6--Tissue donations

   113.    Use of donated semen—prescribed periods  

           Division 7--Information to sex workers and clients

   114.    Provision of information to sex workers and clients upon request  

   PART 8--INFRINGEMENTS

   115.    Infringements  

   PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   116.    Definitions  
   117.    Transitional provisions—existing pest control licence holders  
   118.    Transitional provisions—new pest control licences in the transition period  
   119.    Transitional provision—new pest control licences in the transition period  

   PART 10--AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2009

   120.    Principal Regulations  
   121.    Title  
   122.    Objective  
   123.    Definitions  
   124.    Parts 2 to 4 revoked  
   125.    Regulation 15 revoked  
   126.    Applications for registration  
   127.    Division 3 of Part 5 revoked  

           Division 3--of Part 5 of the Principal Regulations is revoked.

   128.    Prescribed conditions  
   129.    Parts 6 to 9 revoked  
   130.    Infringements  
   131.    Part 11 revoked  
   132.    Schedules 1 to 8 revoked  
   133.    Expiry  
   134.    Transitional provision—change of title  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 6
           SCHEDULE 7
           SCHEDULE 8
           SCHEDULE 9
           SCHEDULE 10
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