Public Health (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2017

Public Health (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2017

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Public Health Act 1997 .

19 December 2017

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Health

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2017 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 January 2018.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Public Health (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2012 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Infringement Notice Offences under the Act)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting item 2 ;

(b) by omitting items 5 , 6 and 7 ;

(c) by omitting item 9 ;

(d) by inserting after item 17 the following:

17A.	section 67I(5)	2
17B.	Section 68(1)	2
17C.	Section 68(2)	2
17D.	Section 68A	2

(e) by omitting item 20 and substituting the following:

20.	section 69A(1)	1
20A.	section 69A(2)	1

(f) by omitting items 33 and 34 and substituting the following:

33.	section 73	2
33A.	section 74	2
34.	section 74A	8

(g) by omitting item 36 and substituting the following:

36.

section 74L(1)

2

(h) by inserting after item 59 the following:

60.

section 193

1

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 27 December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Public Health (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2012 to amend the list of sections of the Public Health Act 1997 for which penalty infringement notices may be issued, and the amounts of certain of those penalties.