Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In any emergency
or necessity, of the existence of which emergency or necessity the Executive
Director, Public Health shall be sole and final judge, the Executive Director,
Public Health may —
(a)
exercise and perform in any part of the State any or all of the powers and
duties vested in or imposed upon a local government under this Act or any
other Act relating to the public health;
(b) make
any regulations for the abatement and prevention of nuisances, for the
protection from pollution of water used for domestic purposes, and for
securing the healthfulness of persons collected in any encampment or
otherwise;
(c) make
such other regulations as he may deem necessary to cope with the emergency or
necessity.
(2) Where, in carrying
out the provisions of this section, any medical certificate may be necessary
for any of the purposes of this Act or any other Act relating to the public
health, such certificate may, if there is no medical officer, be signed by any
legally qualified medical practitioner, and shall for all such purposes be as
effectual as if signed by a medical officer.
[Section 15 amended by No. 28 of 1984
s. 45; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]