Fluoridation Act 1968 (Tas)

Fluoridation Act 1968

An Act to make provision with respect to the addition of fluoride to public water supplies and matters incidental thereto and to repeal Part VII of the Public Health Act 1962 [Royal Assent 13 January 1969]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Fluoridation Act 1968 . (2) This Act shall commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Committee means the Fluoridation Committee established under this Act; fluoridated water supply means a public water supply to which fluoride has been added (whether before or after the commencement of this Act); fluoridation works means any machinery, equipment, apparatus, or other things used, or designed for use, for the purposes of, or in connection with – (a) the addition of fluoride to a public water supply; or (b) the maintenance of the content of fluoride in a public water supply at a particular concentration; fluoride means any salt or compound of fluorine and includes, where applicable, the fluoride ion; public water supply means a water supply used for supplying water to the public for domestic purposes; water supply authority means a regulated entity, within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 .

3. The Fluoridation Committee (1) There shall be a committee, to be known as the Fluoridation Committee. (2) The Committee shall consist of 5 members appointed by the Minister, of whom – (a) one is to be the Director of Public Health, or his or her delegate, who is to be the chairperson; (b) one is to be a person with expertise in the design or operation of urban water supply schemes; (c) one is to be a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the dental profession as a dentist; (d) one is to be a person who has expertise in analytical chemistry; and (e) one is to be a medical practitioner who holds specialist qualifications in medicine.