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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008)

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Purpose  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Definitions  

PART 2--OBJECTIVE, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION

  • 4 Objective  
  • 5 Principle of evidence based decision-making  
  • 6 Precautionary principle  
  • 7 Principle of primacy of prevention  
  • 8 Principle of accountability  
  • 9 Principle of proportionality  
  • 10 Principle of collaboration  
  • 11 Principles applying to Part 8  
  • 12 Application of Part 6 to areas outside a municipal district  
  • 13 Act binds the Crown  
  • 14 Extra-territorial operation of Divisions 2 and 8 of Part 8  

PART 3--ADMINISTRATION

Division 1--The Minister and the Secretary

Division 2--The Chief Health Officer

Division 3--Councils

Division 4--Officers

PART 4--CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS

Division 1--General provisions

Division 2--Provisions applying to prescribed Consultative Councils

Division 3--Provisions applying to the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity

PART 5--GENERAL POWERS

Division 1--State Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

  • 49 Minister to ensure preparation of State Public Health and Wellbeing Plan  

Division 2--Public inquiries

Division 3--Health Impact Assessments

  • 53 Health Impact Assessment  

Division 4--Collection and disclosure of information

PART 6--REGULATORY PROVISIONS ADMINISTERED BY COUNCILS

Division 1--Nuisances

  • 58 Application of Division  
  • 59 Effect of Division  
  • 60 Duty of Council  
  • 61 Offence of causing a nuisance  
  • 62 Notification of nuisance  
  • 63 Failure of Council to investigate complaint  
  • 64 Who can institute proceedings?  
  • 65 Power of Council to investigate nuisance outside its municipal districts  
  • 66 Nuisance on unoccupied land or occupied land—occupier and owner unknown or cannot be found  

Division 2--Registration of prescribed accommodation

Division 3--Registration of certain businesses

  • 68 Application of Division  
  • 69 Registration of premises  

Division 4--General provisions relating to registration

  • 70 Application of Division  
  • 71 Application for registration  
  • 72 Registration fees  
  • 73 Powers of the Council  
  • 74 Provisions applying in respect of registration  
  • 75 Registration subject to conditions  
  • 76 Powers of a Council in respect of registration  
  • 77 Council's delegation of power to refuse applications  
  • 78 Issue of replacement certificate  

PART 7--REGULATORY PROVISIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY

Division 1--Cooling tower systems

Division 2--Pest control

PART 8--MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MICRO-ORGANISMS AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Division 1--Principles applying to the management and control of infectious diseases

  • 111 Principles  

Division 2--Examination and testing orders and public health orders

Division 3--Notifiable conditions and micro-organisms

Division 4--HIV and other prescribed diseases

Division 5--Orders for tests if incident has occurred

  • 134 Orders for tests if incident has occurred  
  • 135 Authorisation for tests  
  • 136 Chief Health Officer may disclose certain information  
  • 137 Orders and authorisations for tests by senior medical officer  
  • 138 Post test or authorisation counselling  
  • 139 Tests and test results  
  • 140 No identification to be given  
  • 141 Directions about orders or authorisations  
  • 142 No action lies against registered medical practitioner  

Division 6--Reporting requirements

Division 7--Immunisation

Division 8--Blood and tissue donations

  • 150 Application  
  • 151 Blood donations  
  • 152 Tissue donations  
  • 153 Evidentiary  
  • 154 Liability of donors  
  • 155 False statements  

Division 9--Autopsies

  • 156 Autopsies  
  • 157 Notice of and objection to autopsy  

Division 10--Brothels and escort agencies

  • 158 Provision and storage of condoms  
  • 159 Use of condoms  
  • 160 Refusal of service  
  • 161 Evidence of medical examination  
  • 162 Information to sex workers and clients  
  • 163 Clean linen and towels  
  • 164 Showers and baths  
  • 165 Inspections and interviews  

PART 9--AUTHORISED OFFICERS

Division 1--General

Division 2--Powers of entry

  • 168 Power to enter—risk to public health  
  • 169 Power to enter—monitoring compliance or investigating  
  • 170 Issue of search warrants  

Division 3--Procedure for entry

  • 171 Announcement before exercising power of entry  
  • 172 Notice if power of entry exercised without owner or occupier being present  
  • 173 Announcement before entry on warrant  
  • 174 Copy of warrant to be given to occupier  

Division 4--Powers after entry

  • 175 General powers of authorised officers  
  • 176 Power to direct persons to produce documents, operate equipment or answer questions  
  • 177 Authorised officers to give receipts for seized things and samples taken  
  • 178 Copies of seized documents  
  • 179 Retention and return of seized documents or things  
  • 180 Magistrates' Court may extend 3 month period  
  • 181 Forfeiture and destruction of seized things  
  • 182 Secretary or Council may cause forfeited things to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of  

Division 5--Offences and complaints

PART 10--PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

Division 1--Powers to investigate, eliminate or reduce public health risks

Division 2--Improvement notices and prohibition notices

Division 3--Emergency powers

PART 11--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Division 1--Reviews and appeals

Division 2--Infringements

  • 209 Infringements  

Division 3--Offences

  • 210 False or misleading information  
  • 211 Destroying or damaging records  
  • 212 Protection against self-incrimination  
  • 213 Legal professional privilege not affected  
  • 214 Offences by corporations  
  • 215 Persons who are liable for offences  

Division 4--Proceedings and legal matters

  • 216 Responsible agency for the Crown  
  • 217 Infringement and other notices may be issued to the Crown  
  • 218 Proceedings against successors to public bodies  
  • 219 Power to bring proceedings  
  • 220 Time within which proceedings for offences may be brought  
  • 221 Service of notices, orders and other documents  
  • 222 Validity and effect of notices, orders and other documents  
  • 223 Evidence of signatures  
  • 224 Certificate of examination and analysis  
  • 225 Evidentiary certificate signed by the Secretary  
  • 226 Evidentiary certificate signed by Chief Executive Officer of a Council  
  • 227 Protection of person giving certain information  

Division 5--Costs

  • 228 Recovery of costs  
  • 229 Actions to ensure compliance with direction, requirement or notice  
  • 230 Cost recovery in respect of failure to comply with direction, requirement or notice  
  • 231 Expenses recoverable by a Council in the abatement of any nuisance  

Division 6--Regulations

PART 12--MISCELLANEOUS

Division 1--General

  • 240 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction  
  • 241 Repeal of certain provisions  
  • 242 Repeal and saving  
  • 243 Transitional provisions—Health Act 1958  
  • 244 Transitional provisions for blood and tissue donations  
  • 245 Saving and transitional—Cooling tower systems  
  • 246 Transitional regulations  

Division 2--Amendments to other Acts

Division 3--Amendment of Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

  • 267 Amendment of Schedule 1  

Division 5--of Part 4 does not apply.

Division 4--Consequential amendments to other Acts

Division 5--Repeal

  • 293 Repeal of Divisions 2, 3 and 4 and this Division  
    • --Divisions 2, 3 and 4 and this Division are repealed on 1 July 2011.

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