Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor on
the recommendation of the Committee may make regulations not inconsistent with
this Act for or with respect to —
(a) the
protection of persons employed in adding fluorine to any public water supply
from inhaling fumes or dust containing fluorine;
(b) the
qualifications of persons, other than persons employed in the Public Service
of the State, employed in operating plant, equipment or apparatus used for
adding fluorine to any public water supply;
(c) the
disposal or destruction of containers from which fluorine has been removed for
addition to any public water supply;
(d)
requiring a water supply authority to cause to be made analyses and prescribed
tests of samples of water taken for such purposes as the Committee determines
from such public water supply under its control as the Committee directs and
to forward to the Committee the result of those analyses and tests and to
forward to the Committee such samples of water so taken from that public water
supply as are prescribed;
(e)
prescribing the method of making the analyses and tests referred to in
paragraph (d) and the times or intervals at which those analyses and
tests shall be made;
(f) the
records to be kept for the purposes of this Act by a water supply authority
that has been directed by the Minister to add fluorine to any public water
supply under its control;
(g) all
matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed or that are necessary
or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) The regulations
may —
(a)
relate to one or more water supply authorities and different regulations may
be made in relation to different water supply authorities; and
(b)
impose a penalty not exceeding $400 for a breach of any regulation and, in the
case of a continuing breach, a daily penalty not exceeding $40.