Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 15

15 .         Authority of Acting Chief Health Officer

        (1)         The Interpretation Act 1984 section 49 authorises the performance of the functions of the Chief Health Officer by a person acting under a designation under section 14.

        (2)         The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under a designation under section 14 is not to be called into question on any of these grounds —

            (a)         the occasion for the designation had not arisen;

            (b)         there is a defect or irregularity in the designation;

            (c)         the designation had ceased to have effect;

            (d)         the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.