6Addition of fluorine to public water supplies

#### 6 Addition of fluorine to public water supplies 6 Addition of fluorine to public water supplies > > (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, a water supply authority may, subject to the provisions of this section and the regulations, add fluorine to any public water supply under its control. > > > (1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, a water supply authority shall, subject to this Act and the regulations, add fluorine to any public water supply under its control, if directed to do so by the Secretary. > > > (2) A water supply authority shall not add fluorine to any public water supply except with the approval of or at the direction of the Secretary. > > > (3) A person, not being a water supply authority, shall not add fluorine to any public water supply. > > > (4) A water supply authority making application for the approval of the Secretary under the provisions of this section shall specify in the application the public water supply in respect of which the approval is sought and shall furnish to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may in any case require. > > > (5) > > > > > (a) The Secretary may by notification published in the Gazette approve or refuse any such application. > > > > > (b) Such notification shall for the purpose of section 11 be deemed to be a regulation. > > > > > (c) Any approval granted by the Secretary under the provisions of this section shall be subject to— > > > > > > > (i) a condition requiring the water supply authority to whom the approval is granted to maintain the content of fluorine in the public water supply in respect of which the approval is granted at a concentration of not more than the maximum nor less than the minimum concentration (calculated as parts per million) specified in the instrument of approval, > > > > > > > (ii) a condition prohibiting such water supply authority from adding to such public water supply fluorine in a form other than that specified in the instrument of approval, and > > > > > > > (iii) such other conditions as may in any case be determined by the Secretary and specified in the instrument of approval. > > > > > (d) The Secretary may at any time after granting any such approval— > > > > > > > (i) revoke the approval, > > > > > > > (ii) revoke any condition attached to the approval other than a condition attached thereto pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (c), > > > > > > > (iii) vary any condition attached to the approval, or > > > > > > > (iv) attach new conditions to the approval. > > > (6) Any person, not being a water supply authority, who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section or any water supply authority contravening or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section or any of the conditions attached to an approval granted to it under the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. > > **s 6:** Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1982 No 138, Sch 1, 1989 No 50, Sch 1 (3).