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Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008
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7 Principle of primacy of prevention
(1) The prevention of disease, illness, injury, disability or premature death is preferable to remedial measures.
(2) For that purpose, capacity building and other health-promotion activities are central to reducing differences in health status and promoting the health and wellbeing of the people of Victoria.