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Public Health Regulation 2018
sec.17Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes
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### sec.17 Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes
A relevant person for a place must ensure water or another liquid that has accumulated at the place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
For subsection (1) , it is irrelevant whether the accumulation is artificial, natural, permanent or temporary.
In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is a defence for the defendant to prove that the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with subsection (1) .
In this section—
breeding ground , for mosquitoes, means a place where mosquito eggs, larvae or pupae are present.
bromeliads, containers, ditches, drains, gutters, car bodies, ponds, swimming and tidal pools, sump traps, tyres, tubs, water features
(sec.17-ssec.1) A relevant person for a place must ensure water or another liquid that has accumulated at the place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.17-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , it is irrelevant whether the accumulation is artificial, natural, permanent or temporary.
(sec.17-ssec.3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is a defence for the defendant to prove that the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with subsection (1) .
(sec.17-ssec.4) In this section— breeding ground , for mosquitoes, means a place where mosquito eggs, larvae or pupae are present. bromeliads, containers, ditches, drains, gutters, car bodies, ponds, swimming and tidal pools, sump traps, tyres, tubs, water features