Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
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133 Regulations (1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act. (2) A regulation may provide for the following: (a) the making and implementing of measures and plans to prevent, monitor or control public health risks; (b) the prevention or abatement of public health nuisances; (c) hygiene and sanitation, including the inspection and control of sanitation; (d) the supply and quality of drinking water; (e) the control of animals; (f) the eradication or control of pests, insects and vermin; (g) the management and treatment of waste and wastewater; (h) the storage, or preparation for burial, cremation or other disposal, of bodies of deceased persons; (i) medical and dental inspection of school children; (j) implementing measures to treat and prevent: (i) diseases; and (ii) dental and eye defects; (k) the inspection and control of places and declared activities;
Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 76 (l) obtaining, using or disclosing health information. (3) A regulation may also do any of the following: (a) prescribe fees payable under this Act; (b) apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without changes) the whole or part of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from time to time; (c) provide for the enforcement of a standard, including by providing that a contravention of the standard is an offence against a regulation; (d) provide for an offence against a regulation to be an offence of strict or absolute liability but not with a penalty exceeding 100 penalty units.