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Public Health Bill 2014An exciting time for public health in WA
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Unlicensed Person – Individual $20,000
Body Corporate $100,000
Contravention of an enforcement order- Fine $50,000
- Daily Penalty $10,000
Failure to comply with requirements of an authorised officer - $10,000
Obstruct, assault, intimidate or falsely represent - $10,000.
Penalties
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Part 4 – Serious public health risks and material Part 4 – Serious public health risks and material public health riskspublic health risks
• This Part provides a broad and flexible offence framework that is capable of capturing both known public health risks and those that will emerge in the future.
• This Part provides a distinction based on the degree of risk that was or may have been caused by the conduct, namely whether the risk was a “material public health risk” or a “serious public health risk”
• This Part provides for penalties based on the level of risk.
• This Part provides a broad and flexible offence framework that is capable of capturing both known public health risks and those that will emerge in the future.
• This Part provides a distinction based on the degree of risk that was or may have been caused by the conduct, namely whether the risk was a “material public health risk” or a “serious public health risk”
• This Part provides for penalties based on the level of risk.
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a. means a public health risk involving potential harm to public health that is neither trivial nor negligible; and
b. includes a public health risk declared by regulations to be a material public health risk; but
c. does not include a public health risk declared by the regulations not to be a material public health risk.
Penalty $100k Daily Penalty $20K Imprisonment for up to 2 years
Material public health risk
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Serious public health riska. means a public health risk involving potential harm to public health
that is irreversible, of a high impact or on a wide scale; and
b. includes a public health risk declared by regulations to be a serious public health risk; but
c. does not include a public health risk declared by the regulations not to be a serious public health risk.
Penalty $250k Daily Penalty $50K Imprisonment for up to 3 years
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Consequential Amendments Bill
Has been drafted alongside the Bill
Lists the changes that will be made to the 1911 Act and other affected legislation
Will be enacted in stages as subsidiary legislation is developed
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Health Act 1911I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – FinancialIV – Sanitary ProvisionsV – DwellingsVI – Public BuildingsVII – Nuisances and Offensive TradesVIIA – Drugs, medicines, disinfectants,
therapeutic substances and pesticidesVIIIA – Analytical ServicesIX – Infectious DiseasesIXA – PreventionX – TuberculosisXI – Venereal DiseasesXII – HospitalsXIIA – Community Health CentresXIII – Child Health and Preventative MedicineXIIIA – Maternal Mortality CommitteeXIIIB – Perenatal and Infant Mortality
CommitteeXIII C – Anaesthetic Mortality CommitteeXIV – Regulations and By-LawsXV – Miscellaneous Provisions
Public Health BillI – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – General Public Health DutyIV – Serious Public health Risks & Material
Public Health RisksV – Public Health PlansVI – Public Health AssessmentsVII – Registration and LicensingVIII – Notifiable Infectious Diseases & Related
ConditionsIX – Non-infectious Diseases & Physical Or
Functional AbnormalitiesX – Serious Public Health PowersXI – Public Health EmergenciesXII – Compensation and InsuranceXIII – Improvement Notices & Enforcement
OrdersXIV – InquiriesXV – Powers of Entry, Inspection & SeizureXVI – Crown ExemptionsXVII – Liability, Evidentiary & Procedural
ProvisionsXVIII – MiscellaneousIXX – Transitional & Savings Provisions
How Will a Staged Introduction Work? Present Position
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Health Act 1911I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – FinancialIV – Sanitary ProvisionsV – DwellingsVI – Public BuildingsVII – Nuisances and Offensive TradesVIIA – Drugs, medicines, disinfectants,
therapeutic substances and pesticidesVIIIA – Analytical ServicesIX – Infectious DiseasesIXA – PreventionX – TuberculosisXI – Venereal DiseasesXII – HospitalsXIIA – Community Health CentresXIII – Child Health and Preventative MedicineXIIIA – Maternal Mortality CommitteeXIIIB – Perenatal and Infant Mortality
CommitteeXIII C – Anaesthetic Mortality CommitteeXIV – Regulations and By-LawsXV – Miscellaneous Provisions
On ProclamationPublic Health Act 2014I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – General Public Health DutyIV – Serious Public health Risks & Material
Public Health RisksV – Public Health PlansVI – Public Health AssessmentsVII – Registration and LicensingVIII – Notifiable Infectious Diseases & Related
ConditionsIX – Non-infectious Diseases & Physical Or
Functional AbnormalitiesX – Serious Public Health PowersXI – Public Health EmergenciesXII – Compensation and InsuranceXIII – Improvement Notices & Enforcement
OrdersXIV – InquiriesXV – Powers of Entry, Inspection & SeizureXVI – Crown ExemptionsXVII – Liability, Evidentiary & Procedural
ProvisionsXVIII – MiscellaneousIXX – Transitional & Savings Provisions
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12 Months later (example)Health Act 1911I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – FinancialIV – Sanitary ProvisionsV – DwellingsVI – Public BuildingsVII – Nuisances and Offensive TradesVIIA – Drugs, medicines, disinfectants,
therapeutic substances and pesticidesVIIIA – Analytical ServicesIX – Infectious DiseasesIXA – PreventionX – TuberculosisXI – Venereal DiseasesXII – HospitalsXIIA – Community Health CentresXIII – Child Health and Preventative MedicineXIIIA – Maternal Mortality CommitteeXIIIB – Perenatal and Infant Mortality
CommitteeXIII C – Anaesthetic Mortality CommitteeXIV – Regulations and By-LawsXV – Miscellaneous Provisions
Public Health Act 2014I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – General Public Health DutyIV – Serious Public health Risks & Material
Public Health RisksV – Public Health PlansVI – Public Health AssessmentsVII – Registration and LicensingVIII – Notifiable Infectious Diseases & Related
ConditionsIX – Non-infectious Diseases & Physical Or
Functional AbnormalitiesX – Serious Public Health PowersXI – Public Health EmergenciesXII – Compensation and InsuranceXIII – Improvement Notices & Enforcement
OrdersXIV – InquiriesXV – Powers of Entry, Inspection & SeizureXVI – Crown ExemptionsXVII – Liability, Evidentiary & Procedural
ProvisionsXVIII – MiscellaneousIXX – Transitional & Savings Provisions
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End resultHealth Act 1911I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – FinancialIV – Sanitary ProvisionsV – DwellingsVI – Public BuildingsVII – Nuisances and Offensive TradesVIIA – Drugs, medicines, disinfectants,
therapeutic substances and pesticidesVIIIA – Analytical ServicesIX – Infectious DiseasesIXA – PreventionX – TuberculosisXI – Venereal DiseasesXII – HospitalsXIIA – Community Health CentresXIII – Child Health and Preventative MedicineXIIIA – Maternal Mortality CommitteeXIIIB – Perenatal and Infant Mortality
CommitteeXIII C – Anaesthetic Mortality CommitteeXIV – Regulations and By-LawsXV – Miscellaneous Provisions
Public Health Act 2014I – PreliminaryII – AdministrationIII – General Public Health DutyIV – Serious Public health Risks & Material
Public Health RisksV – Public Health PlansVI – Public Health AssessmentsVII – Registration and LicensingVIII – Notifiable Infectious Diseases & Related
ConditionsIX – Non-infectious Diseases & Physical Or
Functional AbnormalitiesX – Serious Public Health PowersXI – Public Health EmergenciesXII – Compensation and InsuranceXIII – Improvement Notices & Enforcement
OrdersXIV – InquiriesXV – Powers of Entry, Inspection & SeizureXVI – Crown ExemptionsXVII – Liability, Evidentiary & Procedural
ProvisionsXVIII – MiscellaneousIXX – Transitional & Savings Provisions