Public Health Act 2016. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Western Australia Document type Legislation Date 2016 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn 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