AN ACT to further amend "The Public A.D. 1896. [13 November, 1896.] 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 This Act may be cited as "The Public Health Amendment Act, Short title. 1896." 2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise determines "The said Act" means "The Public Health Act, 1885." The words "infectious or contagious disease" mean and include Smallpox, Asiatic Cholera, Plague, Yellow Fever, "Person" includes any Corporation. 3 Every Local Board is hereby empowered from time to time to make By-laws regulating the precautions to be taken on bringing any person suffering from any dangerous, infectious, or contagious disease into the District of such Local Board; and every such By-law shall for all purposes be deemed to be a By-law made under the said Act. Interpretation. Local Board may make By-laws regulating the mode of person with infectious disease coming into their district. A.D. 1896. Medical prac existence of disease to Local Board, who shall report same to Central Board. 66 Public Health. : 4 Section Ten of "The Public Health Act, 1887," is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall be and be deemed and titioner to report may be cited as Section Ten thereof; that is to say, viz. :— Any legally qualified medical practitioner in attendance upon or consulted by or for any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall report the name, place of abode or residence, and the nature of the disease of such person, to the Local Board of the District in which the place of abode or residence of such person is situate, or, if there be no Local Board of Health at such place, to the Central Board of Health, not later than Twenty-four hours after he has become aware thereof; and every Local Board receiving a report of the existence of any of such diseases as aforesaid shall forthwith communicate to the Central Board of Health the contents or purport of such report. And if any person fails to comply with the provisions of this Section he shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence under the said Act, and shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such offence." Government Medical Officer to be ex officio a Member of Central Board. Grazing grounds, &c. of person supplying milk within District of Local Board subject to control of such Board. Repeal of 49 Vict. No. 18. Officer may obtain sample of milk intended for human consumption. Penalty on exposure of body of person dying from infectious disease. Amendment of 5 The Medical Practitioner for the time being holding the office of "Government Medical Officer" shall ex officio be a Member of the Central Board of Health in addition to the number of persons appointed from time to time as Members of such Board by the Governor in Council under the provisions of the said Act and the Acts amending the same. any 6 For the purposes of the said Act, or of any By-laws made by Local Board of Health under the provisions of Section Twentyseven of the said Act, all grazing grounds, dairy cattle, milk stores, dairies, and cowsheds, belonging to or occupied by any person selling milk or butter, or sending milk or butter to be sold, or supplying milk or butter intended for sale by any other person, within the District of any Local Board of Health, shall be held to be within the jurisdiction of such last-mentioned Local Board. 7 Section Forty-six of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall be and be deemed and may be cited as Section Forty-six thereof; that is to say : "46 Any officer of the Central Board or of any Local Board, or any police constable, may, at the cost of the Central Board or of the Local Board appointing such officer, or in whose District such constable then is, purchase any milk intended for human consumption, and the sale of the milk to such officer or constable shall be held to be proof that it is intended for human consumption, and such officer or constable, if he suspect the same to have been sold contrary to any of the provisions of this Act, shall submit the same to the Analyst." 8 Any person who, being in charge of the body of any other person who has died from any dangerous, infectious, or contagious disease, shall knowingly expose or permit to be exposed such body without taking reasonable precautions against spreading such disease, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds. 9 The following words," or by the Government Analyst, or by a Bacteriologist employed by the Central Board of Health," are hereby inserted after the word "practitioners" in the Fourth line of Section Public Health. One hundred and fifteen of the said Act, and the said Section shall A.D. 1896. hereafter be read and construed as if the said words had always been inserted in the said Section. 10 Whenever a cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk has, in Only one full compliance with the provisions of Section Twenty-seven of the said fee to be paid by Act, paid a registration fee to the Local Board of the District in which cowkeepers, &c. his dairy is situate, he shall not be liable to pay a higher fee than Two Shillings and Sixpence per annum to any other Local Board as a purveyor of milk. 11 This Act, and the said Act and every Act amending the same, Acts to be read shall, save as altered or amended by this Act, be read and construed together. as one and the same Act. WILLIAM GRAHAME, JUN., GOVERNMENT PRINTER, TASMANIA. AN ACT to enable the Town Board of New A.D. 1896. Town to borrow the Sum of One thousand six hundred and fifty Pounds to defray the cost of Public Buildings, and for other purposes. [13 November, 1896.] WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of New Town are PREAMBLE. desirous of erecting certain Public Buildings for the purposes herein after set forth, and are desirous of obtaining a sum of money under the provisions of "The Local Public Works Loans Act, 1890," and 54 Vict. No. 30. are also desirous of receiving authority to deal with certain properties in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter appearing: And whereas it is necessary that such work should be first approved by Parliament: Be it therefore 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 In this Act, unless the context otherwise determines, "Board" Interpretation. means the Town Board of the Town of New Town, as proclaimed under "Town Boards Act, 1891," and "Minister" means the Responsible Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the said Act. |