New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 22

22 Advice to public

(cf 1991 Act, s 10B)

(1) The Chief Health Officer may from time to time prepare advice, for the benefit of the public, concerning the safety of available drinking water (or drinking water available from a particular supplier of drinking water) and any possible risks to health involved in the consumption of that water.

(2) The advice may include a boil water advice.

(3) The Chief Health Officer is to provide the advice in writing to the relevant supplier of drinking water.

(4) The supplier of drinking water to whom the advice is provided must issue the advice to the public in such form and manner as the Chief Health Officer may direct by notice in writing.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--100 penalty units, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, or

(b) in the case of a corporation--500 penalty units.

(5) The Chief Health Officer may also issue the advice to the public as the Chief Health Officer sees fit.