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Public Health Act 2016.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Western Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2016 (2022)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to protect, promote and improve the health and wellbeing of the public of Western Australia and to reduce the incidence of preventable illness, and for related purposes.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, General
Keyword
Risk assessment/management Liability/compensation Public health Public participation Precautionary principle Equity Local government Offences/penalties Inspection Governance Institution Monitoring Hazardous substances
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The Act is organized in 20 Parts The objects of this Act are (a) to promote and improve public health and wellbeing and to prevent disease, injury, disability and premature death; and (b) to protect individuals and communities from diseases and other public health risks and to provide, to the extent reasonably practicable, a healthy environment for all Western Australians; and (c) to promote the provision of information to individuals and communities about public health risks; and (d) to encourage individuals and communities to plan for, create and maintain a healthy environment; and (e) to provide for the prevention or early detection of diseases and other public health risks, and certain other conditions of health; and (f) to support programmes and campaigns intended to improve public health; and (g) to facilitate the provision of information to decision-making authorities about public health risks and benefits to public health that may result from certain proposals; and (h) to provide for the collection, disclosure and use of information about the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other public health risks in the State, and certain other conditions of health, for research or public health purposes; and (i) to reduce the inequalities in public health of disadvantaged communities; and (j) to provide for functions relating to public health to be performed by the State and local governments.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.wa.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Public Health Regulations 2017.

Legislation | Australia | 2017 (2021)

Keyword: Public health, Indigenous peoples, Liability/compensation, Social protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX