Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 47

47 .         Provision of local public health plans to Chief Health Officer

        (1)         The Chief Health Officer may, by notice in writing, direct a local government to provide the Chief Health Officer with all or any of the following —

            (a)         a copy of the local government’s current local public health plan;

            (b)         a copy of any amendments to the local government’s current local public health plan.

        (2)         A notice under subsection (1) may —

            (a)         direct a local government to supply a copy of a particular local public health plan or particular amendments to a plan; or

            (b)         direct a local government to supply, on an ongoing basis, a copy of all local public health plans or amendments to plans prepared after a specific date; or

            (c)         do both of those things.

        (3)         A direction under subsection (1) to a local government must specify a time frame for compliance with the direction, and the local government must comply with the direction within that time frame.

        (4)         The Chief Health Officer may at any time, by notice in writing, amend or revoke a direction given under subsection (1).

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