WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL KEEPS DETERRENT EFFECT
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[NO. (AMENDMENT) THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES BILL 1987 IS TO PRESERVE THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN THE
THE VARIOUS
MR CHAMBERS SAID MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS UPDATED THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES RELATING TO OFFENCES UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.
THE HE SAID THE BILL SOUGHT FIRST TO AMEND SFCTION 143 (A) OF
THAT MIGHT BE IMPOSED BY ORDINANCE TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES
ORDINANCE FROM
ΤΟ REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE
$10,000
$25,000 FOR FINES AND FROM $250 TO $600 FOR DAILY PENALTY.
TO RAISE IT ALSO AMENDED THE NINTH SCHEDULE OF THE ORDINANCE
HEALTH THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL
DELETE SECTION 79 AND FOOD HYGIENE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, AND ALSO TO
(3) FROM THE SCHEDULE.
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MOREOVER, THE BILL DELETED SECTION 15 (10) OF THE ORDINANCE
CLEANSING BRING THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE PUBLIC
COUNCIL) BY-LAWS AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCES (URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL WITHIN THE AMBIT OF SECTION 143 (A),
MR
EXPLAINED
CHAMBERS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 1978.
THAT MOST OF THESE
PENALTIES
HAD
"INFLATION SINCE 1978, INCREASES IN ENFORCEMENT STAFF COSTS OFFENCE DURING THE SAME PERIOD AND THE NATURE AND SERIOUSNESS OF EACH AND THE DETERRENT REQUIRED ARE THE FACTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN
IN WORKING OUT ACCOUNT
THE PROPOSED INCREASES IN THE MAXIMUM
PENALTIES.
THESE
TWO COUNCILS PRESCRIBED UNDER
WILL
THEIR
URBAN "BOTH THE
AND REGIONAL COUNCIL HAVE ENDORSED
THE ENACTED, PROPOSALS. AFTER THE BILL HAS BEEN SIMILARLY INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES BY-LAWS," HE ADDED.
THE DEBATE ON THIS MOTION WAS ADJOURNED.
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