Amendments of the Public Health (Boarding-houses) Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1979 No . 12

Regulations under the Public Health Ordinance 1928 1

I, RALPH JAMES D U N N E T H U N T , the Minister of State for Health, hereby make the following Regulations under the Public Health Ordinance 1928.

Dated this sixth day of July 1979.

RALPH J. H U N T

Minister of State for Health

A M E N D M E N T S OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH

(BOARDING-HOUSES) REGULATIONS 2

1. Regulation 3 of the Public Health (Boarding-houses) Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of "Boarding-house" in sub- regulation (1) all the words after "thereof," (where first occurring) and substituting " in which a person, not being a member of the family of the proprietor, is lodged or boarded for hire or reward.".

2. Regulation 4 of the Public Health (Boarding-houses) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:

" ( 2 ) In proceedings for an offence against sub-regulation (1), it is a defence that—

offence.".
(a)	the number of persons lodged or boarded for hire in the boarding-house to which the proceedings relate on the date of the alleged offence did not exceed 2; and
(b)	the number of persons lodged or boarded for hire in that boarding-house at the same time did not, at any time during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the date of the al­ leged offence or the relevant period, whichever is the shorter, exceed 2.

" ( 3 ) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2), 'relevant period' means the period that commenced at noon on the day on which the de­ fendant first acted as the proprietor of the boarding-house and ended on the expiration of the day immediately preceding the date of the alleged

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 July 1979.

2.   For references to the original Regulations and amendments made before 1960, see footnote on p. 479 of Vol. Ill "Laws of the Australian Capital Territory 1911-1959". For later amendments, see Regulations 1975 No. 30 and 1976 No. 23.