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Public Health Sewage (Code) Regulations 2008.

Country/Territory
Cook Islands
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Cook Islands Subsidiary Legislation.
Subject
Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Pollution control Sewerage Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Offences/penalties Wetlands Protected area
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

These Regulations, made under sections 41 and 142 of the Public Health Act 2004, set out, in the Schedule, the Public Health Sewage Code and declare it to be a Prescribed Code in terms of the Act. The Code concerns authorization of construction of sewage systems. The Code also provides for more stringent standards in declared Lagoon Protection Zones. The Lagoon Protection Zone is an area where higher standards of sewage treatment are needed to protect the coastal lagoon from sewage pollution.

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Public Health Act 2004 (No. 13 of 2004).

Legislation | Cook Islands | 2004

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Food quality control/food safety, Slaughtering, Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste prevention, Institution, Offences/penalties, Waste management, Transport/storage, Freshwater pollution, Water supply, Potable water, Sewerage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Public Health (Sewage and Wastewater Treatment and Disposal) Regulations 2014.

Legislation | Cook Islands | 2014

Keyword: Waterworks, Sewerage, Institution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX