Tasmanian Numbered Acts Tasmanian Numbered Acts
- Act 86 of 1997
- Royal Assent 14 January 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Act binds Crown
5. Act prevails
PART 2 - Administration Division 1 - Authorised officers
6. Director of Public Health
7. General functions and powers of Director
8. Report on public health
9. Delegation by Director
10. Health officers
11. Appointment of officers
12. Approved qualifications
13. Functions of officers
Division 2 - Emergency powers
14. Emergency declaration
15. Duration of emergency declaration
16. Directions of Director
17. Special powers
18. Compensation
19. Report by Director
Division 3 - Public health inquiries and investigations
20. Holding of inquiry
21. Procedure at inquiry
22. Powers at inquiry
23. Report on inquiry
24. Investigation
25. Protection of Director
26. Offences relating to inquiries and investigations
Division 4 - Councils
27. General functions of councils
28. Orders relating to functions
29. Power over wharves
Division 5 - Powers of councils and authorised officers
30. Entry, inspection and seizure
31. Certificate of authority
32. Production of records
33. Production of things
34. Production of licence
35. Photographs, sketches, measurements and recordings
36. Information requirements
Division 6 - Public Health Advisory Committee
37. Public Health Advisory Committee
38. Functions and powers of Advisory Committee
39. Staff
PART 3 - Prevention and control of disease Division 1 - Notifiable
diseases
40. Notifiable disease and contaminants
41. Medical examination
42. Directions of Director
43. Warrant by magistrate
44. Period of detention or quarantine
45. Examination during detention or quarantine
46. Orders of magistrate
47. Appeal to Supreme Court
48. Notification of disease and contaminant
49. Reports and information by Director
50. Medical practitioner to provide information
51. Transmitting disease
52. Investigation into occurrence of disease and contamination
53. Orders to prevent spread of disease
54. Outbreak of disease
55. Use of certain materials
56. Burial or removal of body to morgue
Division 2 - Immunisation
57. Council immunisation programs
58. Immunisation record at schools
59. Immunisation certificate
60. Attendance at and closure of school
Division 3 - Confidentiality
61. Disclosure of information relating to notifiable disease
62. Prohibition and restriction on publication
PART 4 - Tobacco products Division 1 - Under-age smoking
63. Smoking by children
64. Sale to children
65. Vending machines
66. Seizure of tobacco product
67. Warnings and information
Division 2 - Display, advertising and packaging
68. Supply of tobacco products
69. Marketing device, plan or scheme
70. Display of tobacco products and advertisements
71. Display on machines
72. Removal of advertisement or product
73. Packaging of tobacco product
74. False information relating to legislation
PART 5 - Premises Division 1 - Places of assembly
75. Licence to operate place of assembly
76. Application for licence
77. Grant or refusal of licence
78. Issue of licence
79. Operating place of assembly
80. Duration of licence
81. Renewal of licence
82. Variation of licence
83. Cancellation of licence
84. Overcrowding
85. Proof and evidence in proceedings
Division 2 - Unhealthy premises
86. Unhealthy premises
87. Closure order
88. Service of closure order
89. Revocation of closure order
90. Occupation or habitation during order
91. Defective and unhealthy premises
92. Rectification notice
93. Notice of closure order or rectification notice
Division 3 - Registration of premises
94. Application of Division 3
95. Registration of premises
96. Application to register premises
97. Grant or refusal of registration of premises
98. Issue of certificate of registration of premises
99. Operation of registered premises
100. Duration of registration of premises
101. Renewal of registration of premises
102. Variation of registration of premises
103. Cancellation of registration of premises
Division 4 - Public health risk activities
104. Licence to carry out public health risk activity
105. Application for licence
106. Grant or refusal of licence
107. Issue of licence
108. Duration of licence
109. Carrying out public health risk activities
110. Renewal of licence
111. Variation of licence
112. Cancellation of licence
Division 5 - Systems for air and water
113. Registration of regulated system
114. Application to register regulated system
115. Grant or refusal of registration of regulated system
116. Issue of certificate of registration
117. Operation of registered regulated system
118. Directions on operating system
119. Notice to comply with direction
120. Duration of registration
121. Renewal of registration
122. Variation of registration
123. Cancellation of registration
Division 6 - Miscellaneous
124. Occupied premises
125. Agreements and contracts
126. Inspection and assessment of premises
127. Safeguards for public use of premises
PART 6 - Water Division 1 - Orders and notices
128. Notification of quality of water
129. Orders relating to water quality
Division 2 - Monitoring water quality
130. Monitoring and review
131. Samples
132. Health evaluation
Division 3 - Registration of user or supplier of private water
133. Registration
134. Application for registration
135. Issue of certificate of registration
136. Cancellation of registration
PART 7 - Registers Division 1 - Cervical Cytology Register
137. Cervical Cytology Register
138. Use of information on Cervical Cytology Register
139. Disclosing information in Cervical Cytology Register
140. Objection to inclusion in Cervical Cytology Register
141. Cervical cancer test results
142. Removal of identifying data from Cervical Cytology Register
Division 2 - Information registers
143. General registers
144. Registers kept by councils
145. Register of licences
146. Keeping of registers
PART 8 - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Information
147. Disclosure of information
148. Requirement for information
149. Recording information
Division 2 - Articles and substances
150. Dealings with certain articles and substances
151. Removal and destruction
Division 3 - Costs and compensation
152. Costs incurred in exercising power
153. Compensation
Division 4 - Offences
154. Offences against authorised officers
155. Interfering with or removing seals and samples
156. Inciting and encouraging
157. Offences by corporations
158. Proceedings
159. Cost of proceedings
Division 5 - Appeals
160. Appeal relating to seizure
161. Appeal relating to place of assembly licence
162. Appeal relating to registration
163. Appeals relating to public health risk activity licence
164. Appeals relating to regulated systems
165. Appeal against orders
166. Appeal against notices
167. Determination of appeal
168. Appeal to Supreme Court
Division 6 - Infringement notices
169. Service of infringement notice
170. Form of infringement notice
171. Acceptance of infringement notice
172. Extension of acceptance period
173. Payment
174. Payments to council or Consolidated Fund
175. Effect of acceptance
176. Withdrawal of infringement notice
177. Certain evidence not admissible
Division 7 - Regulations and guidelines
178. General provisions
179. Regulations of savings or transitional nature
180. Regulations relating to places
181. Regulations relating to registered premises
182. Regulations relating to fees and charges
183. Prescribed offences and penalties
184. Guidelines
Division 8 - Miscellaneous matters
185. Council fees
186. Assistance
187. Exemptions
188. Immunity from liability
189. Forfeiture
190. Sale or disposal of forfeited things
191. Return of and access to seized things
192. Sale or disposal of seized things
193. False and misleading statements
194. Evidence
195. Fees and penalties
196. Guidelines and codes of practice
197. Repeals and rescissions
198. Savings and transitional
199. Administration of Act
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
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