PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 20 Compliance with codes of practice

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 20

    (1)     A person carrying on a public health risk activity must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a code of practice in relation to that activity.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for a person who is not a utility—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or

        (b)     for a utility—2 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     A person performing a public health risk procedure must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a code of practice in relation to that procedure.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for a person who is not a utility—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or

        (b)     for a utility—2 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.