{"id":"public-and-environmental-health-regulations-2014","name":"PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS 2014","slug":"public-and-environmental-health-regulations-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177125,"registerId":"nt-public-and-environmental-health-regulations-2014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS 2014","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nPUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS 2014\nAs in force at 3 March 2023\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1\n4 Prescribed fees................................................................................ 3\n4A Prescribed maximum fee – CHO's emergency powers ................... 3\n4B Prescribed maximum fee – CHO's post-emergency powers:\nCOVID-19 ........................................................................................ 3\n5 Australian/New Zealand Standard ................................................... 3\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 1 General matters\n24 Definitions ........................................................................................ 4\n24A Meaning of beauty therapy .............................................................. 5\n25 Commercial visitor accommodation ................................................. 6\n26 Visitor .............................................................................................. 6\n27 Exemption from regulations ............................................................. 6\nDivision 2 Registration\n28 Businesses required to be registered .............................................. 7\n29 Application for registration ............................................................... 7\n30 Grant or refusal of registration ......................................................... 8\n31 Conditions of registration ................................................................. 8\n32 Compliance with conditions by proprietor ........................................ 9\n33 Term of registration ......................................................................... 9\n34 Renewal of registration .................................................................... 9\n35 Display of registration notice.......................................................... 10\n36 Registration non-transferable ........................................................ 10\n37 Variation of conditions of registration............................................. 10\n38 Cancellation of registration ............................................................ 11\n39 Applying for registration after cancellation ..................................... 12\n40 Changes relating to registered business to be notified .................. 12\nDivision 3 Commercial visitor accommodation\n41 Clean linen and towels .................................................................. 13\n41A Maintenance of premises .............................................................. 13\n\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 ii\n42 Water and ablution facilities ........................................................... 14\n43 Minimum floor area in bedrooms ................................................... 14\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\n44 Staff to have skills and knowledge in relation to infection\ncontrol and prevention procedure .................................................. 15\n45 Procedures for use of instruments ................................................. 15\n46 Use of instruments in accordance with procedures ....................... 16\n47 Instruments must be sterile............................................................ 16\n48 Use of needle for skin penetration ................................................. 17\n49 Sterilisation and disposal of instruments and other equipment ...... 18\n50 Sharps containers.......................................................................... 19\n51 Hand washing facilities .................................................................. 19\n52 CHO may give directions for hand washing facilities ..................... 19\n53 Maintenance of premises .............................................................. 20\nDivision 5 Major public events\n53A Public health infrastructure ............................................................ 20\nPart 4 Mosquito control\n54 Definitions ...................................................................................... 21\n55 Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for\nmosquitoes .................................................................................... 21\n56 Authorised officer may give directions ........................................... 21\nPart 5 Perinatal information\n57 Definitions ...................................................................................... 22\n58 Collection of perinatal information ................................................. 23\n59 Purpose of collection ..................................................................... 23\n60 Giving information if episode occurs at a place other than a\npathology service or imaging service ............................................. 23\n61 Giving information if notifiable death occurs at a place other\nthan an imaging service ................................................................. 24\n62 Giving information if episode occurs at pathology service ............. 25\n63 Giving information if episode occurs at imaging service ................ 26\n64 Giving information if notifiable death occurs at imaging service .... 26\n65 Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to give information....... 27\n66 Further information may be requested........................................... 27\n67 Sharing of information ................................................................... 27\n68 Other information may be recorded in collection ........................... 28\n\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 iii\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 1 General matters\n69 Definitions ...................................................................................... 28\n71 Exemptions from codes or regulations .......................................... 30\nDivision 2 Sanitary facilities\n72 Sanitary facilities to be installed..................................................... 30\nDivision 3 Wastewater management system\nrequirements\n73 Installation of wastewater management system ............................ 31\n74 Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement systems ................................................................... 31\n89 CHO may give directions ............................................................... 31\nDivision 4 Product approval for on-site wastewater\nmanagement system\n91 Application for product approval .................................................... 32\n92 Variation of conditions of product approval .................................... 32\n93 Term of product approval............................................................... 33\n94 Cancellation of product approval ................................................... 34\n94A Sale of on-site wastewater management systems......................... 34\n95 Register of product approvals ........................................................ 35\nDivision 5 Wastewater management system notification\n96 Notification of installation of wastewater management system ...... 35\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 1 Application of Division\n97 Application of Division ................................................................... 36\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\n98 High exposure use of recycled water required to be approved ...... 36\n99 Application for high exposure use approval ................................... 36\n100 Variation of conditions of high exposure use approval .................. 37\n100A Term of high exposure use approval ............................................. 38\n100B Cancellation of high exposure use approval .................................. 38\n100C Register of high exposure use approvals ...................................... 39\n\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 iv\n100D Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement system supplying recycled water for high\nexposure use ................................................................................. 39\nSubdivision 3 Low exposure use\n100E Notification of intention to supply recycled water for low\nexposure use ................................................................................. 40\n100F Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement system supplying recycled water for low\nexposure use ................................................................................. 40\nSubdivision 4 Notification of intention to cease supply of\nrecycled water\n100G Notification of intention to cease supply of recycled water ............ 41\nPart 7 Infringement notice offences\n101 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable ........ 41\n102 When infringement notice may be given ........................................ 41\n103 Contents of infringement notice ..................................................... 42\n104 Electronic payment and payment by cheque ................................. 43\n105 Withdrawal of infringement notice.................................................. 43\n106 Application of Part 7 ...................................................................... 43\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 1 Repeals\n107 Repeals ......................................................................................... 44\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and\nEnvironmental Health Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 1 General matters\n108 Definitions ...................................................................................... 44\nSubdivision 2 Transitional matters for wastewater\n109 Continuation of existing approval for a septic tank ........................ 44\n110 Existing approval application for septic tanks ................................ 45\n111 Continuation of existing approvals of installation of septic\ntanks .............................................................................................. 45\n112 Existing application for approval of installation of septic tanks ...... 45\n\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 v\nSubdivision 3 Transitional matters for hairdressing and\ncommercial visitor accommodation\n113 Continuation of existing hairdressing registration .......................... 46\n114 Existing applications for hairdressing registration .......................... 46\n115 Continuation of existing commercial visitor accommodation\nregistration ..................................................................................... 46\n116 Existing applications for commercial visitor accommodation\nregistration ..................................................................................... 47\nSubdivision 4 Other matters for beauty therapy and body art\n117 Exemption from Part 3 for 6 months .............................................. 47\nDivision 3 Transitional matters for Public and\nEnvironmental Health Further Amendment\nRegulations 2020\n118 Approval application for wastewater works design approvals ........ 48\nSchedule 1 Prescribed fees\nSchedule 5 Infringement notice offences and\nprescribed amounts\nSchedule 6 Repealed Regulations\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 3 March 2023\n____________________\nPUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS 2014\nRegulations under the Public and Environmental Health Act 2011\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Public and Environmental\nHealth Regulations 2014.\n2 Commencement\nThese Regulations commence on 1 July 2014.\n3 Definitions\nIn these Regulations:\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner, for\nPart 5, see regulation 57.\nbeauty therapy, for Part 3, see regulation 24A.\nbody art, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nbreeding ground, for Part 4, see regulation 54.\ncollection, for Part 5, see regulation 57.\ncommercial visitor accommodation, for Part 3, see regulation 25.\ncommunity wastewater management system, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\nepisode, for Part 5, see regulation 57.\nhigh exposure use, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nhigh exposure use approval, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 2\ninfringement notice, see regulation 102.\ninfringement notice offence, see regulation 101(1).\ninstallation, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\ninstrument, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nlow exposure use, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nmajor public event, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nmanagement, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nmidwife, for Part 5, see regulation 57.\nmobile operator, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nnotifiable death of a child, for Part 5, see regulation 57.\nnotifiable death of a woman, for Part 5, see regulation 57.\non-site wastewater management system, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\norganiser, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nprescribed amount, see regulation 101(2).\nprescribed code for product approval, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\nprescribed code for wastewater management, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\nprescribed code for water recycling, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\nprescribed fee means a fee prescribed under regulation 4.\nproduct approval, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\npublic health infrastructure, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nrecycled water, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nregistered business, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nregulated activity, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nsanitary facilities, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 3\nsell, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nskin penetration, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\nstaff, for Part 3, see regulation 24.\ntechnical specifications, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nvisitor, for Part 3, see regulation 26.\nwastewater, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nwastewater management system, for Part 6, see regulation 69.\nwastewater management system notification, for Part 6, see\nregulation 69.\nwater, for Part 4, see regulation 54.\n4 Prescribed fees\nSchedule 1 prescribes the fees payable for the matters specified in\nit.\n4A Prescribed maximum fee – CHO's emergency powers\nFor section 52A(1) of the Act, the prescribed maximum fee is\n$10 000.\n4B Prescribed maximum fee – CHO's post-emergency powers:\nCOVID-19\nFor section 57E(1) of the Act, the prescribed maximum fee is\n$10 000.\n5 Australian/New Zealand Standard\n(1) In these Regulations, a reference consisting of the letters \"AS\"\nfollowed by a number is a reference to the standard so numbered\npublished by or for Standards Australia Limited ABN 85 087 326\n690.\n(2) In these Regulations, a reference consisting of the letters \"AS/NZS\"\nfollowed by a number is a reference to the standard so numbered\npublished jointly by or for Standards Australia Limited ABN 85 087\n326 690 and Standards New Zealand.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 1 General matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 4\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 1 General matters\n24 Definitions\nIn this Part:\nbeauty therapy, see regulation 24A.\nbody art means an activity intended to permanently decorate or\nadorn a person's skin or permanently alter a person's appearance\nother than a surgical or medical procedure.\nExamples of body art\nTattooing, ear piercing or body modification.\ncommercial visitor accommodation, see regulation 25.\ninstrument means a thing intended to be used to penetrate\nanother person's skin.\nmajor public event means an event that is:\n(a) ticketed or open to the public at a location; and\n(b) of a size that is likely to require additional public health\ninfrastructure given the existing public health infrastructure at\nthe location.\nmobile operator, for a registered business, means an individual\n(whether the proprietor of the business or the agent or employee of\nthe proprietor) who conducts operations of the business that involve\ncarrying out a regulated activity away from the place registered as\nthe place on which the regulated activity is carried out.\norganiser, in relation to a major public event, means:\n(a) the person that is responsible for organising and carrying out a\nmajor public event; or\n(b) if that person cannot be identified – the person in charge of or\napparently in charge of the major public event.\npublic health infrastructure means fixed or temporary\ninfrastructure that provides for potable water, wastewater disposal\nand ablution facilities.\nregistered business means a business for which registration has\nbeen granted under regulation 30.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 1 General matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 5\nregulated activity means providing any of the following for\npayment or reward:\n(a) commercial visitor accommodation;\n(b) a place or mobile operator engaging in any of the following:\n(i) hairdressing;\n(ii) body art;\n(iii) beauty therapy.\nskin penetration means any process that involves intentional,\nnon-medical:\n(a) piercing, cutting, scarring, branding, scraping, puncturing,\ntearing or penetration of the skin, mucous membrane or\nconjunctiva of the eye using an instrument; and\n(b) removal of, or pulling out, hair by waxing.\nstaff includes an employee or agent of a person.\nvisitor, see regulation 26.\n24A Meaning of beauty therapy\n(1) Beauty therapy is an activity intended to maintain, alter or enhance\na person's appearance other than a cosmetic surgical or medical\nprocedure undertaken by a health practitioner registered under the\nHealth Practitioner Regulation National Law.\n(2) Examples of beauty therapy include the following:\n(a) facial;\n(b) body wrap;\n(c) exfoliation or microdermabrasion;\n(d) manicure or pedicure;\n(e) epilation, waxing or threading;\n(f) the application of semi-permanent makeup or cosmetic\ntattooing.\n(3) However, beauty therapy does not include:\n(a) spray tanning; or\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 1 General matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 6\n(b) the application of cosmetics.\n25 Commercial visitor accommodation\nA person provides commercial visitor accommodation if:\n(a) the person provides temporary accommodation at a place;\nand\n(b) the provision of the accommodation is not subject to:\n(i) a tenancy agreement under the Residential Tenancies\nAct 1999; or\n(ii) a caravan park site agreement under the Caravan Parks\nAct 2012; and\n(c) the place is available to be separately booked and hired by\nmultiple persons at the same time for accommodation; and\n(d) the accommodation may accommodate 7 or more visitors.\nExamples for regulation 25\nA hotel, motel, serviced apartment, road house, wayside inn, lodge, backpacker's\naccommodation or hostel.\n26 Visitor\n(1) A visitor is a person staying in commercial visitor accommodation.\n(2) For the purpose of determining the number of visitors occupying a\nplace:\n(a) a single child under 3 years of age is not to be counted; and\n(b) 2 children under 3 years of age are to be counted as one\nvisitor.\n27 Exemption from regulations\n(1) The CHO may, in writing, exempt a proprietor of a business from a\nregulation in this Part.\n(2) An application for an exemption must be in the approved form.\n(3) The CHO must be satisfied that:\n(a) the proprietor's circumstances require the proprietor to be\nexempt from the need to comply with the prescribed code or\nthe regulation; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 7\n(b) an exemption will not cause or is not likely to cause a serious\npublic health risk.\n(4) The CHO may, if the CHO considers appropriate, grant the\nexemption subject to any conditions.\nDivision 2 Registration\n28 Businesses required to be registered\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is the proprietor of a business; and\n(b) the person, or an employee or agent of the proprietor, carries\nout a regulated activity in the conduct of the business; and\n(c) the business is not registered under regulation 30 for the\nactivity before commencing the activity.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n29 Application for registration\n(1) An application for the registration of a business must:\n(a) be made in the approved form to the CHO by the proprietor of\nthe business; and\n(b) include the following particulars:\n(i) the name and address of the proprietor;\n(ii) the name under which the business will operate;\n(iii) the address of each place where the business will be\nconducted;\n(iv) the nature and location of business;\n(v) if the regulated activity is to be carried out by a mobile\noperator – the name and address of the mobile operator;\nand\n(c) include a set of scaled drawings not less than 1:100 or plans\nnot less than 1:100 or specifications of where the business is\nto be carried out; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 8\n(d) if the proprietor is a mobile operator or intends to employ a\nperson to be a mobile operator for the business – include\ndetails of the area where the mobile operator will operate; and\n(e) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(2) The CHO may request further information from the person making\nthe application.\n(3) The CHO may require an inspection by an authorised officer of the\nplace where the business is to be conducted before deciding the\napplication.\n(4) The application for registration must be made at least 28 days\nbefore the proprietor intends to commence the regulated activity.\n(5) If the proprietor of the business conducts the business from more\nthan one place, the prescribed fee mentioned in\nsubregulation (1)(e) applies to each place.\n30 Grant or refusal of registration\n(1) The CHO must consider the application and decide whether to\nregister the business.\n(2) The CHO must register the business if satisfied the proprietor will:\n(a) carry out the regulated activities in a proper way; and\n(b) conduct the business in accordance with its registration and\nthese Regulations.\n(3) The CHO must give the proprietor the following:\n(a) written notice of the CHO's decision;\n(b) if the CHO registers the business – a registration certificate for\nthe business;\n(c) if the CHO refuses to register the business – written notice of\nthe reasons for the refusal.\n31 Conditions of registration\n(1) It is a condition of the registration of the business that the proprietor\nand any mobile operators for the business comply with these\nRegulations.\n(2) The CHO may impose any other conditions of registration that the\nCHO considers appropriate.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 9\n32 Compliance with conditions by proprietor\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is the proprietor of a registered business; and\n(b) the registration of the business is subject to a condition; and\n(c) the person engages in conduct that results in a contravention\nof the condition.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (1) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.\n33 Term of registration\nThe registration of a business remains in force for the period, if any,\nstated in the registration notice, unless it is cancelled under\nregulation 38.\n34 Renewal of registration\n(1AA) If a registration notice specifies a period of registration mentioned in\nregulation 33, the proprietor of a business may apply to renew the\nregistration of the business.\n(1) An application for the renewal of the registration of a business\nmust:\n(a) be made in the approved form to the CHO by the proprietor of\nthe business; and\n(b) be made before the end of the period of the registration; and\n(c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(2) The CHO may require an inspection by an authorised officer of the\nplace where the business is conducted before deciding the\napplication.\n(3) The CHO must consider the application and decide whether to\nrenew the registration.\n(4) The CHO may impose different conditions on a renewed\nregistration than those imposed immediately before the renewal.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 10\n(5) The CHO must give the proprietor the following:\n(a) written notice of the CHO's decision;\n(b) if the CHO renews the registration – a registration notice for\nthe business;\n(c) if the CHO refuses to renew the registration – written notice of\nthe reasons for the refusal.\n35 Display of registration notice\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a registered business; and\n(b) the person does not display a copy of the registration notice\nfor the business conspicuously at each place where the\nbusiness is conducted.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a mobile operator of a registered business; and\n(b) the person does not carry a copy of the registration notice at\nall times the person is carrying out the regulated activity away\nfrom the place registered as the place on which the business\nis carried out.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n36 Registration non-transferable\nThe registration of a business is not transferable.\n37 Variation of conditions of registration\n(1) The CHO may vary the conditions of the registration of a registered\nbusiness:\n(a) on application of the proprietor to the CHO; or\n(b) on the CHO's initiative.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 11\n(2) An application for variation must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(3) The CHO must consider the application and decide whether to vary\nthe conditions of the registration in accordance with the application.\n(4) On deciding the application, the CHO must give written notice to the\nproprietor of:\n(a) the CHO's decision; and\n(b) if the CHO refuses the application – the reasons for the\nrefusal.\n(5) Before varying any conditions on the CHO's initiative, the CHO\nmust give the proprietor written notice:\n(a) stating the proposed variation; and\n(b) stating the reasons for the variation; and\n(c) inviting the proprietor to submit, within a period of not less\nthan 7 days stated in the notice, reasons why the variation\nshould not be made.\n(6) The CHO may, having considered any submissions of the\nproprietor, vary the conditions of the registration as proposed in the\nnotice or in another way the CHO considers appropriate.\n(7) The CHO must, if the CHO varies the conditions under\nsubregulation (6), give written notice to the proprietor of the\nvariation.\n(8) A variation of conditions of registration takes effect on the date\nstated in the notice.\n(9) Subregulations (2) to (8) do not apply if the variation is for a formal\nor clerical reason that does not alter the effect of the registration.\n38 Cancellation of registration\n(1) The CHO may cancel the registration of a business:\n(a) if a proprietor or a mobile operator for the business\ncontravenes a condition of the registration; or\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 2 Registration\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 12\n(b) if a proprietor or a mobile operator for the business is found\nguilty of an offence against the Act or another law of the\nTerritory relating to the business; or\n(c) for another reason the CHO considers appropriate.\n(2) Before cancelling the registration, the CHO must give written notice\nto the proprietor:\n(a) stating the CHO proposes to cancel the registration; and\n(b) stating the reasons for cancellation; and\n(c) inviting the proprietor to submit, within the period of not less\nthan 7 days stated in the notice, reasons why the registration\nshould not be cancelled.\n(3) If, having considered any submissions of the proprietor, the CHO\ncontinues to consider the registration should be cancelled, the CHO\nmay cancel the registration by written notice to the proprietor.\n(4) The notice must state the reasons for the cancellation.\n(5) The cancellation takes effect on the date stated in the notice.\n39 Applying for registration after cancellation\n(1) The cancellation of the registration of a business does not prevent\nthe proprietor from applying to re-register the same business or\nregister another business.\n(2) However, the proprietor is not entitled to re-register the same\nbusiness or register another business within 12 months after the\ndate the registration was cancelled.\n40 Changes relating to registered business to be notified\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a registered business; and\n(b) the person does not give the CHO written notice of a change\nin any of the following within 14 days after the change occurs:\n(i) the proprietor's name or address;\n(ii) the name of the business;\n(iii) the address of the place where the business is\nconducted;\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 3 Commercial visitor accommodation\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 13\n(iv) the name or address of a mobile operator for the\nbusiness.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (1) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.\nDivision 3 Commercial visitor accommodation\n41 Clean linen and towels\n(1) A proprietor of a business that provides commercial visitor\naccommodation commits an offence if the proprietor does not:\n(a) provide clean linen and towels for a visitor on the visitor's first\nday in the accommodation; and\n(b) provide clean linen and towels for a visitor on a weekly basis\nfrom the date of the visitor's first day in the accommodation;\nand\n(c) remove the linen and towels from the accommodation after the\nvisitor has left.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n41A Maintenance of premises\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business that provides\ncommercial visitor accommodation; and\n(b) the premises on which the business is conducted is not\nmaintained in hygienic condition.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business that provides\ncommercial visitor accommodation; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 3 Commercial visitor accommodation\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 14\n(b) the premises on which the business is conducted is not in\ngood repair.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of\nstrict liability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (1) or (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.\n42 Water and ablution facilities\n(1) The CHO may give a proprietor of a business that provides\ncommercial visitor accommodation directions in relation to the\nprovision of ablution facilities at the commercial visitor\naccommodation.\n(2) The proprietor commits an offence if the proprietor does not do all\nof the following:\n(a) make drinking water available to a visitor for the visitor's\nconsumption;\n(b) provide a continuous supply of water to all flush toilets and\nablution, kitchen or laundry facilities in the commercial visitor\naccommodation;\n(c) provide ablution facilities in accordance with a direction from\nthe CHO.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.\n43 Minimum floor area in bedrooms\n(1) The CHO may give a direction to a proprietor of a business that\nprovides commercial visitor accommodation in relation to the\nminimum floor area of a bedroom provided for a visitor.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business that provides\ncommercial visitor accommodation; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 15\n(b) the person does not comply with the CHO's direction in\nrelation to the minimum floor area of a bedroom provided for a\nvisitor.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\n44 Staff to have skills and knowledge in relation to infection\ncontrol and prevention procedure\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out\nhairdressing, beauty therapy or body art; and\n(b) the person has not taken reasonable steps to ensure that staff\nhave the skills appropriate to ensure that the carrying out of a\nregulated activity at the business is not likely to pose a health\nrisk.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n45 Procedures for use of instruments\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty\ntherapy or body art; and\n(b) the person does not have procedures in place in the business\nthat are appropriate to ensure that the use of instruments is\nnot likely to pose a health risk.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 16\n46 Use of instruments in accordance with procedures\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is either:\n(i) a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty therapy or\nbody art; or\n(ii) a member of the staff of the proprietor; and\n(b) the person does not use instruments in accordance with the\nprocedures mentioned in regulation 45(1).\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty\ntherapy or body art; and\n(b) a member of the staff of the person does not use instruments\nin accordance with the procedures mentioned in\nregulation 45(1).\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant establishes that the defendant\ntook all reasonable steps to ensure that members of the\ndefendant's staff did not engage in the conduct mentioned in\nsubregulation (2)(b).\n47 Instruments must be sterile\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is either:\n(i) a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty therapy or\nbody art; or\n(ii) a member of the staff of the proprietor; and\n(b) the person uses an instrument to penetrate another person's\nskin; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 17\n(c) the instrument is not sterile at the time of use.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty\ntherapy or body art; and\n(b) a member of the staff of the person uses an instrument to\npenetrate another person's skin; and\n(c) the instrument is not sterile at the time of use.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant establishes that the defendant\ntook all reasonable steps to ensure that members of the\ndefendant's staff did not engage in the conduct mentioned in\nsubregulation (2)(b) and (c).\n48 Use of needle for skin penetration\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is either:\n(i) a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty therapy or\nbody art; or\n(ii) a member of the staff of the proprietor; and\n(b) the person uses a needle for skin penetration; and\n(c) the needle has previously been used in a skin penetration\nprocedure.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty\ntherapy or body art; and\n(b) a member of the staff of the person uses a needle for skin\npenetration; and\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 18\n(c) the needle has previously been used in a skin penetration\nprocedure.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant establishes that the defendant\ntook all reasonable steps to ensure that members of the\ndefendant's staff did not engage in the conduct mentioned in\nsubregulation (2)(b) and (c).\n49 Sterilisation and disposal of instruments and other equipment\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is either:\n(i) a proprietor of a business carrying out hairdressing,\nbeauty therapy or body art; or\n(ii) a member of the staff of the proprietor; and\n(b) the person does not dispose of or sterilise an instrument or\nother equipment which has penetrated a person's skin, or is\ncontaminated with bodily fluid, in accordance with\nAS/NZS 4815:2006 Office-based health care facilities –\nReprocessing of reusable medical and surgical instruments\nand equipment, and maintenance of the associated\nenvironment.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out\nhairdressing, beauty therapy or body art; and\n(b) a member of the staff of the person does not dispose of or\nsterilise an instrument or other equipment which has\npenetrated a person's skin, or is contaminated with bodily\nfluid, in accordance with AS/NZS 4815:2006 Office-based\nhealth care facilities – Reprocessing of reusable medical and\nsurgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the\nassociated environment.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 4 Hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 19\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (2) if the defendant establishes that the defendant\ntook all reasonable steps to ensure that members of the\ndefendant's staff did not engage in the conduct mentioned in\nsubregulation (2)(b).\n50 Sharps containers\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out\nhairdressing, beauty therapy or body art; and\n(b) the person does not provide containers for the collection of\nused sharp instruments in accordance with:\n(i) AS/NZS 4261:1994 Reusable containers for the\ncollection of sharp items used in human and animal\nmedical applications; and\n(ii) AS 4031-1992 Non-reusable containers for the collection\nof sharp medical items used in other health care areas.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n51 Hand washing facilities\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out\nhairdressing, beauty therapy or body art; and\n(b) the person does not provide hand washing facilities that are\naccessible for each member of staff at each place where the\nbusiness is conducted.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n52 CHO may give directions for hand washing facilities\n(1) The CHO may give a direction to a proprietor of a business carrying\nout hairdressing, beauty therapy or body art in relation to hand\nwashing facilities.\n\nPart 3 Regulated activities\nDivision 5 Major public events\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 20\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out beauty\ntherapy or body art; and\n(b) the person does not provide hand washing facilities in\naccordance with the CHO's direction.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n53 Maintenance of premises\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person is a proprietor of a business carrying out\nhairdressing, beauty therapy or body art; and\n(b) the premises on which the business is conducted is not\nmaintained in a clean, sanitary and hygienic condition and is\nnot in good repair; and\n(c) the equipment used to carry out the regulated activity is not\nmaintained in a clean, sanitary and hygienic condition and is\nnot in good repair.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\nDivision 5 Major public events\n53A Public health infrastructure\n(1) The CHO may give a direction to an organiser of a major public\nevent in relation to the public health infrastructure at the major\npublic event.\n(2) An organiser of a major public event commits an offence if the\norganiser does not comply with a direction given by the CHO under\nsubregulation (1).\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 4 Mosquito control\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 21\nPart 4 Mosquito control\n54 Definitions\nIn this Part:\nbreeding ground means a place where mosquito eggs, larvae or\npupae are present.\nwater includes any other liquid.\n55 Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for\nmosquitoes\n(1) An owner or occupier of a place commits an offence if:\n(a) there is water at the place; and\n(b) the water is or may become a breeding ground.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(2) An owner or occupier of a place commits an offence if:\n(a) a circumstance exists at the place that may result in the\naccumulation of water; and\n(b) water were to accumulate it may become a breeding ground.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict\nliability.\n56 Authorised officer may give directions\n(1) This regulation applies if an authorised officer has reasonable\ngrounds to believe that water, or something in which water may\naccumulate, at a place:\n(a) is a breeding ground; or\n(b) may become a breeding ground.\n(2) The authorised officer may direct an owner or occupier of the place\nto do anything the authorised officer considers reasonably\nnecessary to remove the breeding ground or prevent the water or\ncircumstance from becoming a breeding ground.\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 22\n(3) An owner or occupier of a place commits an offence if:\n(a) the owner or occupier is given a direction by the authorised\nofficer under subregulation (2); and\n(b) the owner or occupier does not comply with the direction\nwithin the time specified in the notice.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.\n(5) If the person does not comply with the direction, an authorised\nofficer may take any action necessary to remove the breeding\nground or prevent the thing or the accumulation of water from\nbecoming a breeding ground.\n(6) Any cost of the action taken in subregulation (5) may be recovered\nfrom the owner or occupier of the place.\nPart 5 Perinatal information\n57 Definitions\nIn this Part:\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner means\na person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation\nNational Law (other than as a student) to practise in the Aboriginal\nand Torres Strait Islander health practice profession.\ncollection means the collection of perinatal information maintained\nby the CHO under regulation 58.\nepisode means:\n(a) the birth of a child; or\n(b) a still-birth, as defined in section 4 of the Births Deaths and\nMarriages Registration Act 1996; or\n(c) the diagnosis of a structural or functional abnormality in a child\naged up to 12 months that was present from conception or\nthat occurs before the end of a pregnancy.\nmidwife means a person registered under the Health Practitioner\nRegulation National Law to practise in the midwifery profession\n(other than as a student).\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 23\nnotifiable death of a child means the death of a child within 1 year\nof the birth of the child.\nnotifiable death of a woman means the death of:\n(a) a pregnant woman; or\n(b) a woman within 12 months after the end of a pregnancy.\n58 Collection of perinatal information\n(1) The CHO must maintain a collection of perinatal information in any\nform (including in an electronic form) the CHO thinks appropriate.\n(2) Subject to these Regulations, the CHO must record in the collection\nthe information received from a person under regulations 60 to 66.\n59 Purpose of collection\nThe purposes of the collection are:\n(a) the provision of information to develop policy for the\nimprovement of antenatal care and the wellbeing of women\nwho are pregnant or have given birth; and\n(b) the provision of information for program evaluation and to\nsupport decision-making; and\n(c) the compilation of information in statistical form; and\n(d) the provision of information for completing the Perinatal\nNational Minimum Data Set and for any other national\nreporting; and\n(e) the provision of information for research.\n60 Giving information if episode occurs at a place other than a\npathology service or imaging service\n(1) If an episode occurs at a place other than a pathology service or\nimaging service, the following person is responsible for giving the\nCHO information about the episode:\n(a) if a midwife is present during the episode – the midwife;\n(b) if more than one midwife is present during the episode – the\nmidwife responsible for the woman;\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 24\n(c) a medical practitioner if:\n(i) the medical practitioner is present during the episode;\nand\n(ii) a midwife is not present during the episode;\n(d) if more than one medical practitioner is present during the\nepisode – the medical practitioner responsible for the woman;\n(e) an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if:\n(i) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health\npractitioner is present during the episode; and\n(ii) a midwife is not present during the episode; and\n(iii) a medical practitioner is not present during the episode;\n(f) if more than one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health\npractitioner is present during then episode – the Aboriginal\nand Torres Strait Islander health practitioner responsible for\nthe woman.\n(2) If a midwife, medical practitioner or Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander health practitioner is not present during the episode, the\nmother must give information to the CHO in the approved form\nwithin 28 days after the episode has occurred.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is responsible for giving the CHO information under\nsubregulation (1); and\n(b) does not give the CHO information in the approved form within\n28 days after the episode occurred.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.\n61 Giving information if notifiable death occurs at a place other\nthan an imaging service\n(1) If a notifiable death of a child or a notifiable death of a woman\noccurs at a place other than an imaging service, the following\nperson is responsible for giving the CHO information about the\ndeath:\n(a) if a midwife is present during the notifiable death – the\nmidwife;\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 25\n(b) if more than one midwife is present during the notifiable\ndeath – the midwife responsible for the child or woman;\n(c) a medical practitioner if:\n(i) the medical practitioner is present during the notifiable\ndeath; and\n(ii) a midwife is not present during the notifiable death;\n(d) if more than one medical practitioner is present during the\nnotifiable death – the medical practitioner responsible for the\nchild or woman;\n(e) an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if:\n(i) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health\npractitioner is present during the notifiable death; and\n(ii) a midwife is not present during the notifiable death; and\n(iii) a medical practitioner is not present during the notifiable\ndeath;\n(f) if more than one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health\npractitioner is present during the episode – the Aboriginal and\nTorres Strait Islander health practitioner responsible for the\nchild or woman.\n(2) If a midwife, medical practitioner or Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander health practitioner is not present during a notifiable death\nof a child, the mother must give information to the CHO in the\napproved form within 42 days after the death has occurred.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is responsible for giving the CHO information under\nsubregulation (1); and\n(b) does not give the CHO information in the approved form\nwithin 42 days after the death occurred.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.\n62 Giving information if episode occurs at pathology service\n(1) If an episode occurs at a pathology service, a person in charge of\nthe pathology service is responsible for giving the CHO information\nabout the episode.\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 26\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is responsible for giving the CHO information under\nsubregulation (1); and\n(b) does not give the CHO information in the approved form within\n28 days after the person has received written results about the\nepisode.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n63 Giving information if episode occurs at imaging service\n(1) If an episode occurs at an imaging service, a person in charge of\nthe imaging service is responsible for giving the CHO information\nabout the episode.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is responsible for giving the CHO information under\nsubregulation (1); and\n(b) does not give the CHO information in the approved form within\n28 days after the person has received written results about the\nepisode.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n64 Giving information if notifiable death occurs at imaging service\n(1) If a notifiable death of a child or a notifiable death of a woman\noccurs at an imaging service, a person in charge of the imaging\nservice is responsible for giving the CHO information about the\ndeath.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is responsible for giving the CHO information under\nsubregulation (1); and\n(b) does not give the CHO information in the approved form within\n42 days after the death occurred.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 5 Perinatal information\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 27\n65 Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to give information\nThe Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must give the CHO\ninformation about a notifiable death of a child or a notifiable death\nof a woman within 42 days after the Registrar has received the\nregistration of the death.\n66 Further information may be requested\n(1) This regulation applies if the CHO considers further information is\nrequired in relation to an episode or a notifiable death received\nunder regulations 60 to 65.\n(2) The CHO may give the person or any other person a notice\nrequiring the person or other person to give further information\nstated in the notice to the CHO or indicate that the further\ninformation requested is not available.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is given a notice from the CHO under subregulation (2); and\n(b) does not comply with the notice within 14 days of receiving the\nnotice.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.\n67 Sharing of information\n(1) The CHO may provide information recorded in the collection to the\nfollowing for a purpose mentioned in regulation 59:\n(a) the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare;\n(b) the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages;\n(c) the person responsible for maintaining a corresponding\ncollection;\n(d) a person authorised in writing by the CHO to receive that\ninformation.\n(2) In this regulation:\ncorresponding collection means a collection of information that:\n(a) is established under a law of the Territory, the\nCommonwealth, or another State or a Territory; and\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 1 General matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 28\n(b) contains information of a kind held in the collection.\n68 Other information may be recorded in collection\nThe CHO may record any other information in the collection for a\npurpose mentioned in regulation 59.\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 1 General matters\n69 Definitions\nIn this Part:\ncommunity wastewater management system means a system\nfor the collection and management of wastewater generated in a\ntown, regional area or other community that is not owned or\noperated by Power and Water Corporation.\nhigh exposure use, in relation to recycled water, includes the\nfollowing:\n(a) augmentation of drinking water supplies or indirect potable\nreuse;\n(b) dual-pipe schemes, where the recycled water is supplied to\nresidents for non-potable purposes such as toilet-flushing,\nlaundry or irrigation;\n(c) irrigation of minimally processed food crops.\nhigh exposure use approval means an approval under\nregulation 99(3) to use a wastewater management system (other\nthan an on-site wastewater management system) to recycle water\nfor high exposure use.\ninstallation, in relation to a wastewater management system,\nincludes the commissioning of the system.\nlow exposure use, in relation to recycled water, includes the\nfollowing:\n(a) irrigation of public open spaces, pasture and fodder crops,\nheavily processed food crops and non-food crops;\n(b) dust suppression on mining or construction sites.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 1 General matters\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 29\nmanagement, in relation to wastewater, includes the treatment,\nreuse and disposal of wastewater.\non-site wastewater management system is a system used to\ntreat wastewater on-site at a place where no Power and Water\nCorporation owned or operated reticulated sewer is available.\nprescribed code for product approval is the Code of Practice for\nProduct Approval of On-site Wastewater Management Systems,\npublished by the Department of Heath and approved by the Chief\nHealth Officer on 4 November 2020 as amended from time to time.\nprescribed code for wastewater management is the Code of\nPractice for Wastewater Management, published by the\nDepartment of Heath and approved by the Chief Health Officer on 4\nNovember 2020 as amended from time to time.\nprescribed code for water recycling is the Code of Practice for\nWater Recycling, published by the Department of Heath and\napproved by the Chief Health Officer on 4 November 2020 as\namended from time to time.\nproduct approval means a product approval as defined in the\nprescribed code for product approval.\nrecycled water means wastewater that has been treated for the\npurpose of beneficial reuse.\nExample for definition recycled water\nTreated effluent sourced from a water utility's sewage treatment plant intended to\nbe reused for irrigation.\nsanitary facilities includes toilets, urinals, sinks, hand basins,\nshowers, bathing facilities, floor wastes and laundry facilities that\nare connected to sanitary drainage.\nsell includes offer for sale or have possession for the purpose of\nsale.\ntechnical specifications include technical, scientific and\nengineering details, plans and drawings.\nwastewater means the used water arising from domestic activities\nat a place consisting of all greywater or blackwater, but does not\ninclude stormwater or commercial and industrial wastewater.\nwastewater management system means a system for the\ncollection and management of wastewater and includes an on-site\nwastewater management system and a community wastewater\nmanagement system.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 2 Sanitary facilities\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 30\nwastewater management system notification means a\nwastewater management system notification notified under\nregulation 96.\n71 Exemptions from codes or regulations\n(1) The CHO may, in writing, exempt a person from:\n(a) all or part of:\n(i) the prescribed code for wastewater management; or\n(ii) the prescribed code for product approval; or\n(iii) the prescribed code for water recycling; or\n(b) a regulation in this Part.\n(2) An application for an exemption must be in the approved form.\n(3) The CHO must be satisfied that:\n(a) the person's circumstances require the person to be exempt\nfrom the need to comply with the code mentioned in\nsubregulation (1) or the regulation in this Part; and\n(b) the exemption will not cause or is not likely to cause a public\nhealth risk.\n(4) The CHO may, if the CHO considers it appropriate, grant the\nexemption subject to any conditions.\nDivision 2 Sanitary facilities\n72 Sanitary facilities to be installed\n(1) The CHO may direct an owner or occupier of a place to install\nsanitary facilities on the place by a specified time.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is an owner or occupier of a place; and\n(b) is given a direction by the CHO under subregulation (1); and\n(c) does not comply with the direction.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 3 Wastewater management system requirements\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 31\nDivision 3 Wastewater management system requirements\n73 Installation of wastewater management system\n(1) A person who holds a licence under the Plumbers and Drainers\nLicensing Act 1983 to contract and undertake work of plumbing or\ndraining commits an offence if the person:\n(a) installs a wastewater management system at a place where\nthe Building Act 1993 does not apply; and\n(b) does not install the system in accordance with the prescribed\ncode for wastewater management.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n74 Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement systems\n(1) An owner or occupier of a place where the Building Act 1993 does\nnot apply commits an offence if:\n(a) there is a wastewater management system at the place; and\n(b) the owner or occupier does not operate, maintain and service\nthe system in accordance with the prescribed code for\nwastewater management.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n89 CHO may give directions\n(1) This regulation applies if the CHO has reasonable grounds to\nbelieve that a wastewater management system at a place is\ncausing, or is likely to cause, a public health risk.\n(2) The CHO may direct an owner or occupier of a place to do any\nthing the CHO considers reasonably necessary to prevent the\nwastewater management system from causing, or continuing to be,\na public health risk.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) is an owner or occupier of the place; and\n(b) is given a direction by the CHO under subregulation (2); and\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 4 Product approval for on-site wastewater management system\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 32\n(c) does not comply with the direction within the time specified in\nthe notice.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.\n(5) If the person does not comply with the direction, the CHO may take\nany action the CHO considers necessary to prevent the wastewater\nmanagement system from causing, or continuing to be, a public\nhealth risk.\n(6) Any cost of the action taken under subregulation (5) may be\nrecovered from the owner or occupier of the place.\nDivision 4 Product approval for on-site wastewater\nmanagement system\n91 Application for product approval\n(1) An application for a product approval for an on-site wastewater\nmanagement system must:\n(a) be made in the approved form to the CHO; and\n(b) be accompanied by technical specifications and manuals for\nthe on-site wastewater management system; and\n(c) include, or be accompanied by other information or documents\nrequired by the prescribed code for product approval; and\n(d) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(2) The CHO may request further information from the person making\nthe application.\n(3) After considering the application, the CHO may grant the product\napproval, subject to any conditions the CHO considers appropriate.\n92 Variation of conditions of product approval\n(1) The CHO may vary the conditions of a product approval:\n(a) on application of the approval holder; or\n(b) on the CHO's initiative.\n(2) An application for variation must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 4 Product approval for on-site wastewater management system\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 33\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(3) The CHO must consider the application and decide whether to vary\nthe conditions of the approval in accordance with the application.\n(4) On deciding the application, the CHO must give written notice to the\napproval holder of:\n(a) the CHO's decision; and\n(b) if the CHO refuses the application – the reasons for the\nrefusal.\n(5) Before varying any conditions of an approval on the CHO's\ninitiative, the CHO must give the approval holder written notice:\n(a) stating the proposed variation; and\n(b) stating the reasons for the variation; and\n(c) inviting the approval holder to submit, within a period of not\nless than 14 days after receiving the notice, reasons why the\nvariation should not be made.\n(6) The CHO may, having considered any submissions of the approval\nholder, vary the conditions of the approval as proposed in the notice\nor in another way the CHO considers appropriate.\n(7) The CHO must, if the CHO varies the conditions under\nsubregulation (6), give written notice to the approval holder of the\nvariation.\n(8) A variation of conditions of registration takes effect on the date\nstated in the notice.\n(9) Subregulations (2) to (8) do not apply if the variation is for a formal\nor clerical reason that does not alter the effect of the registration.\n93 Term of product approval\n(1) The term of a product approval is determined by the CHO when the\napproval is granted.\n(2) An approval holder may apply to the CHO for an extension of the\napproval.\n(3) The CHO may, on application by the approval holder, extend a\nproduct approval.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 4 Product approval for on-site wastewater management system\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 34\n(4) An application to extend a product approval must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n94 Cancellation of product approval\n(1) The CHO may cancel a product approval:\n(a) if the approval holder contravenes a condition of the approval;\nor\n(b) if the approval holder is found guilty of an offence against the\nAct or another law of the Territory relating to the approval; or\n(c) for another reason the CHO considers appropriate.\n(2) Before cancelling the approval, the CHO must give written notice to\nthe approval holder:\n(a) stating the CHO proposes to cancel the approval; and\n(b) stating the reasons for the cancellation; and\n(c) inviting the approval holder to submit, within the period of not\nless than 14 days after receiving the notice, reasons why the\napproval should not be cancelled.\n(3) If, having considered any submissions of the approval holder, the\nCHO continues to consider the approval should be cancelled, the\nCHO may cancel the approval by written notice to the approval\nholder.\n(4) The notice must state the reasons for the cancellation.\n(5) The cancellation takes effect on the date stated in the notice.\n94A Sale of on-site wastewater management systems\n(1) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the person sells a wastewater management system for use as\nan on-site wastewater management system; and\n(b) the on-site wastewater management system does not have a\nproduct approval in force for the system.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 5 Wastewater management system notification\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 35\n95 Register of product approvals\nThe CHO must maintain a register of product approvals in any form\n(including in an electronic form) the CHO thinks appropriate.\nDivision 5 Wastewater management system notification\n96 Notification of installation of wastewater management system\n(1) This regulation applies in relation to the installation of either of the\nfollowing at a place where the Building Act 1993 does not apply:\n(a) a wastewater management system that treats more than\n2 000 L per day;\n(b) a series of wastewater management systems that treat more\nthan 2 000 L per day.\n(2) The owner or occupier of a place must notify the CHO of the owner\nor occupier's intention to install the wastewater management\nsystem or series of wastewater management systems at least\n7 days before the start of the installation.\n(3) The wastewater management system notification must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(4) The owner or occupier of a place commits an offence if the owner\nor occupier:\n(a) starts installing a wastewater management system or series of\nwastewater management systems at the place; and\n(b) has not notified the CHO under this regulation.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(5) An offence against subregulation (4) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 36\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 1 Application of Division\n97 Application of Division\nThis Division applies in relation to a wastewater management\nsystem:\n(a) that has the capacity to recycle water; and\n(b) that is not an on-site wastewater management system.\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\n98 High exposure use of recycled water required to be approved\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) supplies recycled water from a wastewater management\nsystem for high exposure use; and\n(b) has not obtained a high exposure use approval.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n99 Application for high exposure use approval\n(1) An application for a high exposure use approval must:\n(a) be made in the approved form to the CHO; and\n(b) be accompanied by technical specifications and manuals for\nthe wastewater management system; and\n(c) include, or be accompanied by other information or documents\nrequired by the prescribed code for water recycling; and\n(d) include, or be accompanied by, a recycled water management\nsystem; and\n(e) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(2) The CHO may request:\n(a) further information from the person making the application; or\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 37\n(b) further information or advice in relation to the application from\nany other person.\n(3) After considering the application, the CHO may grant the approval,\nsubject to any conditions the CHO considers appropriate.\n(4) In this regulation:\nrecycled water management system includes the following:\n(a) recycled water management system manual or roadmap\ndocument;\n(b) critical control point tables;\n(c) proponent's or water utility's trade waste policy;\n(d) proponent's or water utility's recycled water policy;\n(e) end user agreements.\n100 Variation of conditions of high exposure use approval\n(1) The CHO may vary the conditions of a high exposure use approval:\n(a) on application of the approval holder; or\n(b) on the CHO's initiative.\n(2) An application for variation must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(3) The CHO must consider the application and decide whether to vary\nthe conditions of the approval in accordance with the application.\n(4) On deciding the application, the CHO must give written notice to the\napproval holder of:\n(a) the CHO's decision; and\n(b) if the CHO refuses the application – the reasons for the\nrefusal.\n(5) Before varying any conditions of an approval on the CHO's\ninitiative, the CHO must give the approval holder written notice:\n(a) stating the proposed variation; and\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 38\n(b) stating the reasons for the variation; and\n(c) inviting the approval holder to submit, within a period of not\nless than 14 days after receiving the notice, reasons why the\nvariation should not be made.\n(6) The CHO may, having considered any submissions of the approval\nholder, vary the conditions of the approval as proposed in the notice\nor in another way the CHO considers appropriate.\n(7) The CHO must, if the CHO varies the conditions under\nsubregulation (6), give written notice to the approval holder of the\nvariation.\n(8) A variation of conditions of approval takes effect on the date stated\nin the notice.\n(9) Subregulations (2) to (8) do not apply if the variation is for a formal\nor clerical reason that does not alter the effect of the approval.\n100A Term of high exposure use approval\n(1) The term of a high exposure use approval is determined by the\nCHO when the approval is granted.\n(2) An approval holder may apply to the CHO for an extension of the\napproval.\n(3) The CHO may, on application by the approval holder, extend a high\nexposure use approval.\n(4) An application to extend a high exposure use approval must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n100B Cancellation of high exposure use approval\n(1) The CHO may cancel a high exposure use approval:\n(a) if the approval holder contravenes a condition of the approval;\nor\n(b) if the approval holder is found guilty of an offence against the\nAct or another law of the Territory relating to the approval; or\n(c) for another reason the CHO considers appropriate.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 2 High exposure use\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 39\n(2) Before cancelling the approval, the CHO must give written notice to\nthe approval holder:\n(a) stating the CHO proposes to cancel the approval; and\n(b) stating the reasons for the cancellation; and\n(c) inviting the approval holder to submit, within the period of not\nless than 14 days after receiving the notice, reasons why the\napproval should not be cancelled.\n(3) If, having considered any submissions of the approval holder, the\nCHO continues to consider the approval should be cancelled, the\nCHO may cancel the approval by written notice to the approval\nholder.\n(4) The notice must state the reasons for the cancellation.\n(5) The cancellation takes effect on the date stated in the notice.\n100C Register of high exposure use approvals\nThe CHO must maintain a register of high exposure use approvals\nin any form (including in an electronic form) the CHO thinks\nappropriate.\n100D Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement system supplying recycled water for high\nexposure use\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) supplies recycled water from a wastewater management\nsystem for high exposure use; and\n(b) does not operate, maintain and service the system in\naccordance with the following:\n(i) the conditions of the high exposure use approval;\n(ii) the prescribed code for water recycling.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubregulation (1)(b)(i) if the defendant did not know and could not\nreasonably have known of the conditions.\n\nPart 6 Wastewater management\nDivision 6 Recycled water\nSubdivision 3 Low exposure use\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 40\nSubdivision 3 Low exposure use\n100E Notification of intention to supply recycled water for low\nexposure use\n(1) This regulation applies if a person intends to supply recycled water\nfor low exposure use.\n(2) The person must notify the CHO of the person's intention to supply\nrecycled water for low exposure use at least 7 days before\nsupplying the recycled water.\n(3) The notification must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) supplies recycled water for low exposure use; and\n(b) has not notified the CHO under this regulation.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(5) An offence against subregulation (4) is an offence of strict liability.\n100F Operation, maintenance and servicing of wastewater\nmanagement system supplying recycled water for low\nexposure use\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) supplies recycled water from a wastewater management\nsystem for low exposure use; and\n(b) does not operate, maintain and service the system in\naccordance with the prescribed code for water recycling.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.\n\nPart 7 Infringement notice offences\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 41\nSubdivision 4 Notification of intention to cease supply of\nrecycled water\n100G Notification of intention to cease supply of recycled water\n(1) This regulation applies if a person who supplies recycled water for\nhigh exposure use or low exposure use intends to cease the supply\nof recycled water.\n(2) The person must notify the CHO of the person's intention to cease\nthe supply recycled water at least 7 days before ceasing the supply\nof recycled water.\n(3) The notification must:\n(a) be made in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) ceases supplying recycled water for high exposure use or low\nexposure use; and\n(b) has not notified the CHO under this regulation.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n(5) An offence against subregulation (4) is an offence of strict liability.\nPart 7 Infringement notice offences\n101 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable\n(1) An infringement notice offence is an offence against a provision\nspecified in Schedule 5.\n(2) The prescribed amount for an infringement notice offence is the\namount equal to the monetary value of the number of penalty units\nspecified for the offence in Schedule 5.\n102 When infringement notice may be given\nIf the CHO or an authorised officer reasonably believes a person\nhas committed an infringement notice offence, the CHO or\nauthorised officer may give a notice (an infringement notice) to\nthe person.\n\nPart 7 Infringement notice offences\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 42\n103 Contents of infringement notice\n(1) The infringement notice must specify the following:\n(a) the name and address of the person, if known;\n(b) the date the infringement notice is given to the person;\n(c) the date, time and place of the infringement notice offence;\n(d) a description of the offence;\n(e) the prescribed amount payable for the offence;\n(f) the enforcement agency, as defined in the Fines and Penalties\n(Recovery) Act 2001, to whom the prescribed amount is\npayable.\n(2) The infringement notice must include a statement to the effect of\nthe following:\n(a) the person may expiate the infringement notice offence and\navoid any further action in relation to the offence by paying the\nprescribed amount to the specified enforcement agency within\n28 days after the notice is given;\n(b) the person may elect under section 21 of the Fines and\nPenalties (Recovery) Act 2001 to have the matter dealt with by\na court instead of under that Act by completing a statement of\nelection and giving it to the specified enforcement agency;\n(c) if the person does nothing in response to the notice,\nenforcement action may be taken under the Fines and\nPenalties (Recovery) Act 2001, including (but not limited to)\naction for the following:\n(i) suspending the person's licence to drive;\n(ii) seizing personal property of the person;\n(iii) deducting an amount from the person's wages or salary;\n(iv) registering a statutory charge on land owned by the\nperson;\n(v) making a community work order for the person and\nimprisonment of the person if the person breaches the\norder.\n(3) Also, the infringement notice must include an appropriate form for\nmaking the statement of election mentioned in subregulation (2)(b).\n\nPart 7 Infringement notice offences\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 43\n104 Electronic payment and payment by cheque\n(1) If the person uses electronic means to pay the prescribed amount,\npayment is not effected until the amount is credited to the payee's\nbank account.\n(2) If the person tenders a cheque in payment of the prescribed\namount, payment is not effected unless the cheque is cleared on\nfirst presentation.\n105 Withdrawal of infringement notice\n(1) The CHO may withdraw the infringement notice by written notice\ngiven to the person.\n(2) The notice must be given:\n(a) within 28 days after the infringement notice is given to the\nperson; and\n(b) before payment of the prescribed amount.\n106 Application of Part 7\n(1) This Part does not prejudice or affect the start or continuation of\nproceedings for an infringement notice offence for which an\ninfringement notice has been given unless the offence is expiated.\n(2) Also, this Part does not:\n(a) require an infringement notice to be given; or\n(b) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court for an\noffence for which an infringement notice has not been given;\nor\n(c) prevent more than one infringement notice for the same\noffence being given to a person.\n(3) If more than one infringement notice for the same offence has been\ngiven to a person, the person may expiate the offence by paying\nthe prescribed amount in accordance with any of the notices.\n\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 2 Transitional matters for wastewater\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 44\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 1 Repeals\n107 Repeals\nThe Regulations specified in Schedule 6 are repealed.\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental\nHealth Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 1 General matters\n108 Definitions\nIn this Part:\ncommencement day means the day on which these Regulations\ncommence.\nrepealed commercial visitor accommodation Regulations\nmeans the Public Health (Shops, Boarding-houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 1960 in force before the commencement of\nthese Regulations.\nrepealed hairdressing Regulations means the Public Health\n(Barbers' Shops) Regulations 1960 in force before the\ncommencement of these Regulations.\nrepealed sanitation Regulations means the Public Health\n(General Sanitation, Mosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion and\nPrevention) Regulations 1960 in force before the commencement of\nthe amendment Regulations.\nSubdivision 2 Transitional matters for wastewater\n109 Continuation of existing approval for a septic tank\n(1) An existing approval for a septic tank continues in force after the\ncommencement day as if the approval were a product approval for\nan on-site wastewater system under regulation 91.\n(2) The approval continues in force for:\n(a) if the approval was for a specified term – the remainder of that\nterm; or\n(b) if the approval did not specify a term – for 2 years on and from\nthe commencement day.\n\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 2 Transitional matters for wastewater\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 45\n(3) In this regulation:\nexisting approval for a septic tank means an approval granted\nunder regulation 26 of the repealed sanitation Regulations.\n110 Existing approval application for septic tanks\n(1) The CHO must decide an existing approval application for a septic\ntank under the repealed sanitation Regulations as if regulation 107\nhad not been enacted.\n(2) An approval given under subregulation (1) is taken to be a product\napproval for an on-site wastewater system under regulation 91.\n(3) In this regulation:\nexisting approval application for a septic tank means an\napplication for an approval under regulation 26 of the repealed\nsanitation Regulations and which, as at the commencement day,\nhad not been determined.\n111 Continuation of existing approvals of installation of septic\ntanks\n(1) An existing approval of installation of a septic tank continues in\nforce after the commencement day as if the approval were a\nwastewater works installation approval under regulation 82.\n(2) In this regulation:\nexisting approval of installation of a septic tank means an\napproval granted under regulation 27 of the repealed sanitation\nRegulations.\n112 Existing application for approval of installation of septic tanks\n(1) The CHO must decide an existing application for approval of\ninstallation of a septic tank under the repealed sanitation\nRegulations as if regulation 107 had not been enacted.\n(2) An approval given under subregulation (1) is taken to be a\nwastewater works installation approval under regulation 82.\n(3) In this regulation:\nexisting application for approval of installation of a septic tank\nmeans an application for an approval made under regulation 27 of\nthe repealed sanitation Regulations and which, as at the\ncommencement day, had not been determined.\n\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 3 Transitional matters for hairdressing and commercial visitor accommodation\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 46\nSubdivision 3 Transitional matters for hairdressing and\ncommercial visitor accommodation\n113 Continuation of existing hairdressing registration\n(1) An existing hairdressing registration continues in force after the\ncommencement day as if it were given registration under\nregulation 30.\n(2) The registration continues in force for the remainder of the term\nspecified under the repealed hairdressing Regulations.\n(3) A certificate of registration furnished under regulation 5 of the\nrepealed hairdressing Regulations continues as if it were a\ncertificate under regulation 30.\n(4) In this regulation:\nexisting hairdressing registration means a registration given\nunder regulation 5 of the repealed hairdressing Regulations.\n114 Existing applications for hairdressing registration\n(1) The CHO must decide an existing hairdressing registration\napplication under the repealed hairdressing Regulations as if\nregulation 107 had not been enacted.\n(2) A registration granted under subregulation (1) is taken to be a\nregistration under regulation 30.\n(3) A certificate issued for an existing hairdressing registration\napplication is taken to be a certificate given under regulation 30.\n(4) In this regulation:\nexisting hairdressing registration application means an\napplication for registration under regulation 5 of the repealed\nhairdressing Regulations and which, as at the commencement day,\nhad not been determined.\n115 Continuation of existing commercial visitor accommodation\nregistration\n(1) An existing commercial visitor accommodation registration\ncontinues in force after the commencement day as if it were given\nregistration under regulation 30.\n(2) The registration continues in force for the remainder of the term\nspecified under the repealed commercial visitor accommodation\nRegulations.\n\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014\nSubdivision 4 Other matters for beauty therapy and body art\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 47\n(3) A certificate of registration supplied under regulation 36 of the\nrepealed commercial visitor accommodation Regulations continues\nas if it were a certificate under regulation 30.\n(4) In this regulation:\nexisting commercial visitor accommodation registration means\na registration given under regulation 36 of the repealed commercial\nvisitor accommodation Regulations.\n116 Existing applications for commercial visitor accommodation\nregistration\n(1) The CHO must decide an existing commercial visitor\naccommodation registration application under the repealed\ncommercial visitor accommodation Regulations as if regulation 107\nhad not been enacted.\n(2) A registration granted under subregulation (1) is taken to be a\nregistration under regulation 30.\n(3) A certificate issued for an existing commercial visitor\naccommodation registration application is taken to be a certificate\nissued under regulation 30.\n(4) In this regulation:\nexisting commercial visitor accommodation registration\napplication means an application for registration made under\nregulation 36 of the repealed commercial visitor accommodation\nRegulations and which, as at the commencement day, had not\nbeen determined.\nSubdivision 4 Other matters for beauty therapy and body art\n117 Exemption from Part 3 for 6 months\nThe proprietor of a business conducting beauty therapy or body art\nbefore the commencement day is exempt from Part 3 of these\nRegulations for 6 months on and from the commencement day.\n\nPart 8 Repeals and transitional matters\nDivision 3 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental Health Further Amendment\nRegulations 2020\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 48\nDivision 3 Transitional matters for Public and Environmental\nHealth Further Amendment Regulations 2020\n118 Approval application for wastewater works design approvals\n(1) This regulation applies if, before the commencement:\n(a) a person made an application for a wastewater works design\napproval under regulation 97, as in force before the\ncommencement; and\n(b) the CHO had not decided the application.\n(2) The CHO must, in writing, advise the person to submit a notification\nunder regulation 96, as in force after the commencement.\n(3) If the person paid the prescribed fee under regulation 97, as in\nforce before the commencement, the person is not required to pay\nthe prescribed fee under regulation 96, as in force after the\ncommencement.\n(2) In this regulation:\ncommencement means the commencement of regulation 12 of the\nPublic and Environmental Health Further Amendment\nRegulations 2020.\n\nSchedule 1 Prescribed fees\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 49\nSchedule 1 Prescribed fees\nregulation 4\nItem Description Fee\n(revenue units)\n1 Application to register or renew registration of\nbusiness:\n(a) commercial visitor accommodation\n(b) hairdressing\n(c) beauty therapy\n(d) body art\n250\n65\n100\n100\n2 Application to register or renew registration of\nbusiness:\n(a) hairdressing and body art\n(b) hairdressing and beauty therapy\n(c) beauty therapy and body art\n(d) hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art\n100\n100\n100\n100\n3 Application to vary conditions of registration of a\nregistered business\n50\n4 Application for grant of product approval 500\n5 Application to vary product approval 150\n6 Application to renew product approval 150\n7 Wastewater management system notification 150\n8 Application to vary wastewater works design\napproval\n100\n9 Low exposure use notification 500\n\nSchedule 5 Infringement notice offences and prescribed amounts\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 50\nSchedule 5 Infringement notice offences and prescribed\namounts\nregulation 101\nProvision Prescribed amount\nin penalty units\nfor individual for body\ncorporate\nPublic and Environmental Health Act 2011\nsection 30(1) 3 3\nsection 56(1) 32 160\nsection 57K(1) 32 160\nsection 113A 35 –\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014\nregulations 35(1) and (2), 60(3),\n61(3), 62(2), 63(2), 64(2) and\n66(3)\n1 1\nregulations 32(1), 40(1), 41(1),\n41A(1) and (2), 42(2), 43(2),\n44(1), 45(1), 46(1) and (2), 47(1)\nand (2), 48(1) and (2), 49(1)\nand (2), 50(1), 51(1), 52(2),\n53(1), 53A, 55(1) and (2) and\n56(3)\n2 2\nregulations 28(1), 72(2), 74(2),\n75(1), 76(1) and 89(3)\n3 3\n\nSchedule 6 Repealed Regulations\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 51\nSchedule 6 Repealed Regulations\nregulation 107\nPublic Health (Barbers' Shops) Regulations 1960 Subordinate Legislation\nNo. 10 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Barbers'\nShops) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 7 of 1982\nAmendments of the Public Health (Barbers'\nShops) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 51 of 1982\nAmendments of Public Health (Barbers' Shops)\nRegulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 43 of 1996\nPublic Health (Cervical Cytology Register)\nRegulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 3 of 1996\nPublic Health (Cervical Cytology Register)\nAmendment Regulations 2007\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 28 of 2007\nPublic Health (General Sanitation, Mosquito\nPrevention, Rat Exclusion and Prevention)\nRegulations 1960\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 13 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (General\nSanitation, Mosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion\nand Prevention) Regulations 1978\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 50 of 1978\nAmendments of the Public Health (General\nSanitation, Mosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion\nand Prevention) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 8 of 1982\nAmendments of Public Health (General Sanitation,\nMosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion and\nPrevention) Regulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 44 of 1996\nAmendments of Public Health (General Sanitation,\nMosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion and\nPrevention) Regulations 1998\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 49 of 1998\nPublic Health (Medical and Dental Inspection of\nSchool Children) Regulations 1960\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 11 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Medical and\nDental Inspection of School Children) 1973\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 19 of 1973\n\nSchedule 6 Repealed Regulations\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 52\nAmendments of Public Health (Medical and Dental\nInspection of School Children) 1991\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 55 of 1991\nPublic Health (Night-soil, Garbage, Cesspits,\nWells and Water) Regulations 1960\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 14 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Night-soil,\nGarbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water)\nRegulations 1961\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 24 of 1961\nAmendments of the Public Health (Night-soil,\nGarbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water)\nRegulations 1978\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 48 of 1978\nAmendments of the Public Health (Night-soil,\nGarbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water)\nRegulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 6 of 1982\nAmendments of Public Health (Night-soil,\nGarbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water)\nRegulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 45 of 1996\nAmendments of Public Health (Night-soil,\nGarbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water)\nRegulations 1998\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 50 of 1998\nPublic Health (Noxious Trades) Regulations 1960 Subordinate Legislation\nNo. 15 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Noxious\nTrades) Regulations 1978\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 47 of 1978\nAmendments of the Public Health (Noxious\nTrades) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 10 of 1982\nAmendment of the Public Health (Noxious Trades)\nRegulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 46 of 1996\nPublic Health (Nuisance Prevention)\nRegulations 1960\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 16 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Nuisance\nPrevention) Regulations 1978\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 45 of 1978\nAmendments of the Public Health (Nuisance\nPrevention) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 9 of 1982\nAmendments of Public Health (Nuisance\nPrevention) Regulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 47 of 1996\n\nSchedule 6 Repealed Regulations\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 53\nPublic Health (Shops, Eating Houses,\nBoarding-Houses, Hostels and Hotels)\nRegulations 1960\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 17 of 1960\nAmendments of the Public Health (Shops,\nEating-Houses, Boarding-Houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 1978\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 46 of 1978\nAmendments of the Public Health (Shops,\nEating-Houses, Boarding-Houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 5 of 1982\nAmendments of the Public Health (Shops,\nEating-Houses, Boarding-Houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 1982\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 52 of 1982\nAmendments of Public Health (Shops,\nEating-Houses, Boarding-Houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 1996\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 48 of 1996\nAmendments of Public Health (Shops,\nEating-Houses, Boarding-Houses, Hostels and\nHotels) Regulations 2004\nSubordinate Legislation\nNo. 20 of 2004\n\nENDNOTES\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 54\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations (SL No. 11, 2014)\nNotified 16 April 2014\nCommenced 1 July 2014 (r 2)\nPublic and Environmental Health Amendment Regulations 2018 (SL No. 12, 2018)\nNotified 23 May 2018\nCommenced 23 May 2018\nHealth Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) and Other Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 28, 2018)\nAssent date 30 November 2018\nCommenced 1 December 2018 (s 2)\nPublic and Environmental Health Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 2, 2020)\nNotified 27 March 2020\nCommenced 27 March 2020\nPublic and Environmental Health Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (Act No. 14, 2020)\nAssent date 24 April 2020\nCommenced ss 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11: 25 April 2020 (s 2(2)); rem: 4 April 2020\n(s 2(1))\nPublic and Environmental Health Further Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 14,\n2020)\nNotified 17 June 2020\nCommenced 2 November 2020 (r 2)\nAmending Legislation\nPublic and Environmental Health Amendment (Infringement Penalties)\nRegulations 2020 (SL No. 22, 2020)\nNotified 16 July 2020\nCommenced 16 July 2020\n\nENDNOTES\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 55\nPublic and Environmental Health Amendment (Infringement Penalties)\nRegulations 2020 (SL No. 22, 2020)\nNotified 16 July 2020\nCommenced 16 July 2020\nStatute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)\nAssent date 19 November 2020\nCommenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)\nPublic and Environmental Health Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 10, 2022)\nAssent date 26 May 2022\nCommenced 27 May 2022 (s 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2023 (Act No. 4, 2023)\nAssent date 2 March 2023\nCommenced 3 March 2023 (s 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 7, 25, 57, 77, 80, 81, 103\nand 108 and sch 3.\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\nr 3 amd No. 14, 2020, r 4\nr 4A ins Act No. 14, 2020, s 9\nr 4B ins Act No. 10, 2022, s 14\npt 2 hdg rep No. 14, 2020, r 5\nrr 6 – 23 rep No. 14, 2020, r 5\nr 24 amd No. 14, 2020, r 6\nr 24A ins No. 14, 2020, r 7\nr 25 amd No. 12, 2018, r 4\nr 27 amd No. 12, 2018, r 5\nr 29 amd No. 12, 2018, r 6\nr 33 amd No. 12, 2018, r 7\nr 34 amd No. 12, 2018, r 8\nr 37 amd No. 14, 2020, r 8\nr 41A ins No. 12, 2018, r 9\namd No. 14, 2020, r 9\nr 42 amd No. 12, 2018, r 10\nr 43 sub No. 12, 2018, r 11\npt 3\ndiv 5 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 10\nr 53A ins No. 14, 2020, r 10\nr 57 amd Act No. 28, 2018, s 25\npt 6 hdg amd No. 14, 2020, r 11\nr 69 amd No. 14, 2020, r 12; Act No. 4, 2023, s 23\nr 70 rep No. 14, 2020, r 13\nr 71 amd No. 14, 2020, r 14\npt 6\ndiv 3 hdg amd No. 14, 2020, r 15\nrr 73 – 74 sub No. 14, 2020, r 16\nrr 75 – 88 rep No. 14, 2020, r 16\n\nENDNOTES\nPublic and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 56\nr 89 amd No. 14, 2020, r 17\nr 90 rep No. 14, 2020, r 18\npt 6\ndiv 4 hdg amd No. 14, 2020, r 19\nr 91 amd No. 14, 2020, r 20\nr 92 amd No. 14, 2020, r 21\nr 93 amd No. 14, 2020, r 22\nr 94A ins No. 14, 2020, r 23\npt 6\ndiv 5 hdg sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\nr 96 sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\npt 6\ndiv 6 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\npt 6\ndiv 6 hdg\nsdiv 1 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\nr 97 sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\npt 6\ndiv 6\nsdiv 2 hdg ins No. 14 2020, r 24\nr 98 sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\nr 99 sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\namd Act No. 26, 2020, r 3\nr 100 sub No. 14, 2020, r 24\nrr 100A –\n100D ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\npt 6\ndiv 6\nsdiv 3 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\nrr 100E –\n100F ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\npt 6\ndiv 6\nsdiv 4 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\nr 100G ins No. 14, 2020, r 24\nr 102 ins Act No. 14, 2020, s 10\nr 104 sub No. 14, 2020, r 25\npt 8\ndiv 3 hdg ins No. 14, 2020, r 26\nr 118 ins No. 14, 2020, r 26\nsch 1 amd No. 14, 2020, r 27\nsch 2 – 4 rep No. 14, 2020, r 28\nsch 5 amd No. 12, 2018, r 12\nsub No. 2, 2020, s 4\namd Act No. 14, 2020, s 11; No. 22, 2020, r 4; No. 14, 2020, r 29 as\namended by No. 22, 2020, r 6; Act No. 10, 2022, s 15","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"regulation 108 definition of repealed sanitation Regulations","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Regulation 108 defines commencement day but does not define amendment Regulations. Nevertheless, its definition of repealed sanitation Regulations selects the version in force before commencement of the amendment Regulations. Regulations 109–112 then depend on that definition, leaving their historical reference anchored to an undefined commencement.","confidence":0.98,"description":"The definition uses the undefined temporal reference “commencement of the amendment Regulations”.","source_quotes":["repealed sanitation Regulations means the Public Health\n(General Sanitation, Mosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion and\nPrevention) Regulations 1960 in force before the commencement of\nthe amendment Regulations.","An existing approval of installation of a septic tank continues in\nforce after the commencement day as if the approval were a\nwastewater works installation approval under regulation 82.","existing approval of installation of a septic tank means an\napproval granted under regulation 27 of the repealed sanitation\nRegulations."]}],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the regulations appear to remain within their original intended scope of supporting the Public and Environmental Health Act with operational rules. No evidence of scope expansion or contraction is apparent from the metadata provided."},"complexity_factors":["Subordinate legislation that must be read alongside the parent Public and Environmental Health Act, requiring knowledge of two instruments","Covers a broad range of regulated activities across multiple industries and sectors","Long delay between making (July 2020) and commencement (March 2023) suggests potential transitional or staged provisions adding interpretive complexity","Likely contains technical health and environmental standards requiring specialist knowledge to apply","Limited metadata provided makes it difficult to assess the full scope and detail of the regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"These Northern Territory Department of Health regulations set out practical rules under the Public and Environmental Health Act to protect community and environmental health. They impose standards, fees, licences and procedures that affect businesses and individuals in areas like food, water, waste, pools and personal services, and guide enforcement by health officers.\n\nThey matter because breaches can lead to fines or licence loss. Although made in July 2020, they did not fully commence until March 2023."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Regulations replace and consolidate a wide set of older public‑health subordinate instruments (see Schedule 6) and extend regulatory scope beyond traditional sanitation and hairdressing controls to include comprehensive wastewater management and recycled‑water approvals (see reg 69 and Divisions in Part 6), perinatal data collection (Part 5, regs 58–67), and clearer registration and enforcement regimes for commercial visitor accommodation and personal‑service businesses (Part 3, regs 24–43). They also formalise CHO emergency/post‑emergency fee caps (regs 4A–4B)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple distinct regulatory regimes covered in one instrument (registration and hygiene for businesses, mosquito control, perinatal data collection, wastewater and recycled water approvals) (Parts 3–6)","Frequent use of strict‑liability offences with a range of penalty units and specific enforcement paths (see regs 28(1), 32(1), 55(1), Schedule 5)","Broad administrative discretion vested in the CHO to grant, vary or cancel registrations and approvals, issue directions and exemptions (regs 27, 30(2), 31(2), 37, 38, 71, 89, 92)","Dependence on external technical codes and standards and references to national law and AS/AS‑NZS standards, creating technical compliance burdens (reg 5; reg 69 prescribed codes; regs 49–50)","Layered approval processes for technical products and high/low exposure recycled‑water uses, with technical specifications, manuals and public registers (regs 91–100D, 95)","Infringement notice framework converting penalty units to monetary amounts and enabling summary enforcement actions (Part 7, regs 101–106, Schedule 5)","Transitional and repeal provisions that carry over legacy approvals and certificates while consolidating earlier subordinate instruments (Part 8, regs 109–116, Schedule 6)"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set rules for public and environmental health in the Northern Territory. They require registration and impose hygiene, equipment and reporting standards for businesses that provide commercial visitor accommodation, hairdressing, beauty therapy and body art; create a regulatory regime for wastewater management and recycled-water approvals; require collection and sharing of perinatal data; and give the Chief Health Officer (CHO) powers to grant approvals, give directions, grant exemptions and impose fees and penalties.\n\nProprietors, owners/occupiers, approval holders and health service operators pay fees, comply with technical codes and face strict‑liability offences and infringement notices if they don’t follow CHO directions or the prescribed codes."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has grown significantly beyond its original 2014 scope. The original regulations primarily covered traditional public health concerns (hairdressing, accommodation, mosquito control, basic sanitation). However, the 2020 amendments (Public and Environmental Health Further Amendment Regulations 2020) introduced an entirely new Division 6 on recycled water management with complex approval schemes for high and low exposure use, plus COVID-19 emergency powers provisions (regulations 4A and 4B). The perinatal information collection (Part 5) also represents a substantial data-gathering function that goes beyond traditional environmental health into population health surveillance. The wastewater provisions were substantially rewritten to incorporate modern water recycling standards, moving from simple septic tank regulation to sophisticated water reuse frameworks. This reflects a shift from basic hygiene regulation to comprehensive environmental health management including emerging issues like water security and pandemic response."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple distinct regulatory schemes merged into one instrument (accommodation, beauty/body art, mosquito control, perinatal data, wastewater management)","Extensive cross-referencing to external documents: three separate 'prescribed codes' (wastewater management, product approval, water recycling) and multiple Australian/New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS 4815:2006, AS/NZS 4261:1994, AS 4031-1992)","Nested definitions: 25+ defined terms in Part 1, with additional Part-specific definitions in regulations 24, 54, 57, and 69","Complex transitional provisions preserving rights under 10+ repealed regulations dating back to 1960, with specific conversion mechanisms for existing approvals and registrations","Dual-track compliance structure for recycled water: high exposure use (approval required) vs low exposure use (notification only), with different offence penalties","Multiple responsible persons hierarchies for perinatal reporting (midwife > doctor > Aboriginal health practitioner > mother) with different timeframes for different events","Conditional offence structures: many offences are strict liability but carry 'reasonable excuse' defences, creating layered liability assessment","Numbering gaps in the text (e.g., regulation 70 missing, jump from 74 to 89) suggesting substantial amendments and renumbering over time","Overlapping jurisdictional triggers: Building Act 1993 application determines whether certain wastewater rules apply, creating conditional applicability"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese are the Northern Territory's **Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014**. They set out the practical rules for keeping people safe from health hazards in everyday settings. Think of them as the 'how-to' guide that sits under the main Public and Environmental Health Act.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Business owners** running hotels, hostels, backpackers, hairdressers, tattoo parlours, beauty salons, and body piercing studios\n- **Property owners and occupiers** who need to manage wastewater, septic systems, or prevent mosquito breeding\n- **Health professionals** (midwives, doctors, Aboriginal health practitioners) who attend births or deaths\n- **Event organisers** running large public gatherings\n- **Plumbers and wastewater system manufacturers**\n\n**The main areas covered:**\n\n**1. Regulated businesses (Part 3)**\n- **Registration required:** Hotels, motels, hostels, hairdressers, tattooists, and beauty therapists must register with the Chief Health Officer (CHO) and display their registration\n- **Hygiene rules:** Specific requirements for clean linen in accommodation, sterilisation of needles and instruments in body art/beauty therapy, hand washing facilities, and infection control training for staff\n- **Mobile operators:** People who provide services like hairdressing or tattooing at different locations must carry registration documents\n\n**2. Mosquito control (Part 4)**\n- Property owners must ensure water on their property doesn't become a mosquito breeding ground\n- Health officers can issue directions to fix problems and recover costs if the owner doesn't act\n\n**3. Birth and death records (Part 5)**\n- Health professionals must report births, stillbirths, and certain deaths (of mothers or babies within specific timeframes) to a central NT collection\n- This data helps track maternal and child health trends and feeds into national statistics\n\n**4. Wastewater and sewage (Part 6)**\n- Rules for installing and maintaining septic tanks and wastewater systems, especially in areas without town sewerage\n- **Recycled water:** Special approval needed for high-risk uses (like irrigating food crops or dual-pipe household schemes); notification required for lower-risk uses\n- Product approval required before selling on-site wastewater systems\n\n**5. Enforcement (Part 7)**\n- Sets up a system of **infringement notices** (on-the-spot fines) for minor offences, with details in Schedule 5\n- More serious offences go to court\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese regulations prevent disease outbreaks (like infections from unsterile tattoo equipment), ensure tourists have clean accommodation, stop mosquitoes spreading diseases like dengue, and protect communities from sewage contamination. They balance public health protection with practical business requirements, allowing the CHO to grant exemptions where appropriate.\n\n**Key terms explained:**\n- **CHO:** Chief Health Officer (the top health official in the NT)\n- **Strict liability offence:** You can be fined even if you didn't mean to break the rule (though you may have a 'reasonable excuse' defence for some offences)\n- **Penalty units:** A standard way of calculating fines (the dollar value changes over time)\n- **Recycled water:** Treated wastewater reused for irrigation or other purposes"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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