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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Health (Fluoridation) Amendment Bill 2007
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of section 5(1) of the Health (Fluoridation)
Act 1973 2
4 New section 5A inserted in the Health (Fluoridation) Act 1973 2
5A Fluoride not to be added unless approved by a poll of
voters 2
5 Repeal of Act 3
ENDNOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Council by Mr. Peter Kavanagh
Health (Fluoridation) Amendment
Bill 2007
A Bill for an Act relating to the addition of fluoride to a public water
supply, to amend the Health (Fluoridation) Act 1973 and for other
purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to prevent the addition
of fluoride to a public water supply unless a poll
of voters in each municipal district, or in each
5 ward of each municipal district, within the
relevant water supply district has first approved
the addition of fluoride to the water supply.
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2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Amendment of section 5(1) of the Health
5 (Fluoridation) Act 1973
In section 5(1) of the Health (Fluoridation) Act
1973, for "A water supply authority" substitute
"Subject to section 5A, a water supply authority".
4 New section 5A inserted in the Health (Fluoridation)
10 Act 1973
After section 5 of the Health (Fluoridation) Act
1973 insert--
"5A Fluoride not to be added unless approved
by a poll of voters
15 (1) A water supply authority must not, either on
its own initiative or when required by the
Secretary, add fluoride to any public water
supply under its control unless--
(a) the Council of each municipal district
20 in which the district of the water supply
authority, or any part of that district, is
situated, has caused to be held (in
accordance with the provisions of the
Local Government Act 1989, except
25 that clause 16 of Schedule 3 to that Act
does not apply) a poll of voters--
(i) if the municipal district is not
subdivided into wards, in that
municipal district; or
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(ii) if the municipal district is
subdivided into wards, in each
ward of the municipal district in
which any part of the district of
5 the water supply authority is
situated--
to obtain the opinion of voters in the
municipal district or ward on whether
fluoride should be added to the public
10 water supply; and
(b) if any part of the district of the water
supply authority is situated in more
than one municipal district, all the polls
under paragraph (a) are held on the
15 same day; and
(c) the result of the poll, or polls, as the
case requires, is that a majority of those
who voted are of the opinion that
fluoride should be added to the public
20 water supply.
(2) Nothing in this section applies to the
addition of fluoride to a public water supply
that, immediately before the commencement
of the Health (Fluoridation) Amendment
25 Act 2007, contained fluoride that had
lawfully been added in accordance with this
Act.".
5 Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its
30 commencement.
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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