Commonwealth legislation

Direction under section 9(1)(b) - Fluoridation of Public Water Supply Direction

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

1/10 complexity

This Direction orders the Administrator of Christmas Island to add fluoride to the island's public water supply.

Specifically, it requires fluoride to be added at a concentration of 0.7 milligrams per litre within 16 weeks of the Direction being issued.

The Direction was made by the federal Minister for Regional Services under two laws: the Christmas Island Act 1958 (which gives the Minister power to direct the Territory's Administrator) and Western Australia's Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1966 (which applies to Christmas Island). It implements a recommendation from the Western Australian Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee.

Who it affects: Residents and visitors to Christmas Island who use the public water supply.

Why it matters: This is a public health measure to improve dental health and reduce tooth decay by ensuring the water supply contains a safe, regulated level of fluoride.

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in Direction under section 9(1)(b) - Fluoridation of Public Water Supply Direction.

Direction under section 9(1)(b) - Fluoridation of Public Water Supply Direction

meta-content-style-type: text/css meta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8 meta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2 title: Commonwealth of Australia

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

Commonwealth of Australia

Christmas Island Act 1958

Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1966 (WA)(CI)

Department of Transport and Regional Services

DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 9(1)(b)

I, IAN DOUGLAS MACDONALD, Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government, acting in accordance with section 8G of the Christmas Island Act 1958 and paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1966 (WA)(CI) DIRECT the Administrator to give effect within 16 weeks of the date of this instrument to the recommendation of the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee of Western Australia that 0.7 mg/l of fluoride be added to the water supply of the Territory.

Dated 8 September 2001

IAN MACDONALD Minister for Regional Services,

Territories and Local Government

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.