Fluoridation Amendment Regulations 1999 (TAS)

Fluoridation Amendment Regulations 1999

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 and on the recommendation of the Fluoridation Committee, make the following regulations under the Fluoridation Act 1968 .13 December 1999

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Health and Human Services

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Fluoridation Amendment Regulations 1999 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Fluoridation Regulations 1999 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 3 substituted Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 3Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Fluoridation Act 1968 ; recognised laboratory means a laboratory that is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia. 5Regulation 5 amended (Analyses and tests) Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting subregulations (1) and (2) and substituting the following subregulations: (1)  A water supply authority having the control of a fluoridated water supply is to take samples from that water supply, for the purpose of making analyses and tests of those samples, from such points on the reticulation system of that water supply as the Committee determines. (2)  The analyses and tests of the samples are to be of such nature and made at such frequency as the Committee determines. (b) by omitting from subregulation (3) "3 months" and substituting "6 months"; (c) by inserting in subregulation (5) "or an analyst from a recognised laboratory" after "Analyst".

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

Notified in the Gazette on 22 December 1999

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the

(a) the taking of samples from a fluoridated water supply; (b) the analysis and testing of those samples.