PHW Act definition
Examples of PHW Act in a sentence
This change means that Council must be mindful of both s125(7) of the Local Government Act 1989 (LG Act) and s26(4) and s27(2)(b) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (PHW Act) when undertaking any reviews of the Council Plan.Conducting an annual review of these plans is a requirement of each Act.
The authorisation or purported authorisation of the First Defendant and the Second Defendant by the Chief Health Officer to exercise emergency powers, pursuant to s 199(2) of the PHW Act, did not empower the First Defendant or the Second Defendant to confer powers on others.
ParticularsRestricted Activity Directions (Restricted Areas) (No 11) given on 4 October 2020 under s 200 of the PHW Act.
Stay at Home Directions (Restricted Areas) (No 17) given on 4 October 2020 under s 200 of the PHW Act.
Stay Safe Directions (Non-Melbourne) (No 3) given on 4 October 2020 under s 200 of the PHW Act.
Restricted Activity Directions (Melbourne) given on 27 October 2020 under s 200 of the PHW Act.
The Directions are instruments made by the Chief Health Officer authorised by the Executive, the Declaration and by sections 199 and 200 of the PHW Act.
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The Directions are made under existing provisions of the PHW Act.
Section 203 of the PHW Act provides:Compliance with direction or other requirement(1) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a direction given to the person, or a requirement made of the person, in the exercise of a power under an authorisation given under section 199.Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units.