New South Wales Repealed Acts

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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 82

82 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed, or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to any of the following:

(a) the prevention, mitigation and eradication of risks to public health,

(c) the places at which, and the conditions subject to which, a person may be detained under a public health order,

(c1) the closure of public swimming pools and public spas for any period during which they are a risk to public health,

(d) the installation, operation, maintenance and inspection of a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4,

(e) the functions (including powers of entry and inspection) of local authorities and authorised officers in relation to a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4,

(f) the directions that, in relation to a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4, may be given by a local authority or an authorised officer during, or as a result of, an investigation of an occurrence of Legionnaires' disease,

(g) compliance with directions referred to in paragraph (f),

(h) the provision of information by the owner or occupier of premises in relation to a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4 which is installed on the premises,

(i) the provision and keeping of operation manuals, and maintenance manuals, for a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4,

(j) the keeping of records, and the making of reports, in relation to a regulated system within the meaning of Part 4,

(k) the preparation rooms, equipment and apparatus in mortuaries, crematories and cemeteries, and any other matter relating to mortuaries, crematories and cemeteries that is for the protection of the health of the public,

(l) the inspection of mortuaries, crematories and cemeteries and of premises that may reasonably be suspected of being mortuaries, crematories or cemeteries,

(m) the records to be kept in relation to mortuaries, crematories and cemeteries, and the inspection of records (including the making of copies or extracts from such records by or for environmental health officers and the public), equipment and apparatus in mortuaries, crematories and cemeteries or premises that may reasonably be suspected of being mortuaries, crematories or cemeteries,

(n) the cases in which, the manner in which, and the conditions under which, cremations of human remains may take place,

(o) matters preliminary to, and consequential upon, cremations of human remains,

(p) the fees that may be charged for the cremation of human remains, for the preservation or disposal of the ashes and for related services,

(q) the registration of cremations and burials and (with any necessary modifications) the application to the registration of cremations of the provisions of any other Act, or of any law, in force in relation to the registration of a burial of the body of a deceased person,

(r) the embalming, interment, disposal and exhumation of the bodies of deceased persons,

(s) the payment of specified fees in relation to applications made, approvals given, and other matters arising, under this Act.

(3) Section 72 (Powers of entry) applies in relation to any entry on, or inspection of or on, premises in accordance with a regulation.

(4) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate a publication as in force for the time being.

(5) The regulations may create offences punishable by a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.