Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 49

    (1)     The Minister must ensure that a State Public Health and Wellbeing Plan is prepared—

        (a)     no later than 1 September 2011; and

        (b)     thereafter no later than 1 September in every fourth year.

    (2)     A State Public Health and Wellbeing Plan must—

        (a)     identify the public health and wellbeing needs of the people of the State;

        (b)     include an examination of data relating to health status and health determinants within the State;

        (c)     establish objectives and policy priorities for—

              (i)     the promotion and protection of public health and wellbeing in the State;

              (ii)     the development and delivery of public health interventions in the State;

        (d)     identify how to achieve the objectives and policy priorities referred to in paragraph (c) based on available evidence;

        (e)     specify how the State is to work with other bodies undertaking public health initiatives, projects and programs to achieve the objectives and policy priorities referred to in paragraph (c).

Division 2—Public inquiries