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PUBLIC HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1997 (NO. 70 OF 1997) - SCHEDULE 2

    SCHEDULE 2     Subsection 43 (2)        

REFERENCES TO STATUTORY OFFICERS
(AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS)

Meat Regulations

Regulation 2—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Regulation 4, subregulations 5 (1), (3) and (7), 6 (1), (2) and (4) and 7 (1), regulation 8 and Forms A and B in the Schedule.

Poisons Regulations

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Regulation 4—

    (a)     Omit “ (1) ”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

The Schedule—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Public Health (Barbers' Shops) Regulations

Regulation 4 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 4—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer.”.

Subregulations 6 (1), (2) and (3)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulation 20 (3)—

Omit “An Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “A Public Health Officer”.

Regulation 23—

Omit “An Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “A Public Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Forms A and B)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Public Health (Boarding-houses) Regulations

Subregulation 3 (1) (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Subregulation 3 (1)—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Paragraph 16 (b)—

Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Subregulation 17 (2)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health, or an Environmental Health Officer,”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Form A)—

Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

The Schedule (Form B)—

    (a)     Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Subregulations 3 (1) (definition of “Approved”) and 5 (2) and (3), paragraph 6 (f), subregulations 8 (2) and (3), regulation 10, paragraph 16 (h) and subregulation 17 (1).

Public Health (Cancer Reporting) Regulations

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Regulation 3 (definition of “approved form”), subregulations 4 (1) and (2) and 5 (1) and (2), regulation 7 and subregulations 8 (1) and 9 (1).

Public Health (Cervical Cytology) Regulations

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Subregulations 4 (1) and (3), regulation 5, subregulations 6 (1) and (2), 7 (2), (3) and (7) (definition of “appropriate interval”) and 8 (3), regulations 10, 12 and 13, paragraph 14 (1) (b), subregulation 14 (2), regulations 17, 18 and 19, subregulation 20 (1) and paragraph 21 (1) (b).

Public Health (Dairy) Regulations

Subregulation 4 (1) (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Subregulation 4 (1)—
Insert the following definitions:
“ ‘analyst' means an Analyst under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Paragraph 40 (9) (a)—

Omit “authorized material”, substitute “material which has been authorised in writing by the Minister”.

Regulation 94—

Repeal the regulation.

The Schedule (Form 1)—

    (a)     Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Form 2)—

    (a)     Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

    (b)     Omit “ Public Health Act 1928-1966 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

    (c)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Forms 3 and 4)—

    (a)     Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Form 5)—

Omit “duly appointed under the provisions of the Public Health (Dairy) Regulations”, substitute “under the Public Health Act 1997 ”.

Further amendments—

1. The following provisions are amended by omitting “An Environmental Health Officer” and substituting “A Public Health Officer”:

Subregulations 88 (1) and (2) and 93 (3).

2. The following provisions are amended by omitting “an Environmental Health Officer” (wherever occurring) and substituting “a Public Health Officer”:

Subregulations 19 (7), 20 (1), 21 (1), (2) and (5) and 25 (1) and (2), paragraphs 26 (a), (b) and (c), subregulation 27 (2), paragraphs 28 (1) (b), 30 (b) and (c), 31 (b) and 39 (e) and (g), subparagraph 44 (d) (v), paragraphs 51 (2) (b), 63 (1) (e) and 71 (a) and (b), subregulation 89 (1), regulations 90, 91 and 92, subregulations 93 (1) and (4), regulation 98 and paragraphs 99 (a), (b) and (c).

3. The following provisions are amended by omitting “Environmental Health Officer” and substituting “Public Health Officer”:

Subregulation 21 (4) and paragraphs 89 (2) (a) and 93 (2) (b).

4. The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Subregulations 6 (2), (3), (4) and (5), 7 (1) and (2) and 19 (1), (3) and (4), regulation 24, subregulations 40 (7) and (9), paragraph 47 (1) (d), subregulation 55 (3), paragraph 59 (b), subregulation 60 (1), paragraph 63 (2) (a), subregulation 63A (2), regulations 65 and 66, subregulation 67 (2) and regulations 69, 70 and 71.

Public Health (Eating Houses) Regulations

Regulation 2 (definition of “approved”)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Regulation 2—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Public Health (General Sanitation) Regulations

Regulation 4 (definition of “Approved”)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Regulation 4 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 4—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Subregulation 11 (1)—

        (a)     Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

        (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health or Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “Public Health Officer”.

    (c)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (last occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulation 11 (2)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health or Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “Public Health Officer”.

Subregulation 22 (4)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Regulation 28—

Add at the end the following subregulation:

“(6) In this regulation—

‘unauthorised person' means any person other than a person authorised in writing by the Minister.”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Subregulations 7 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (7), regulation 9, subregulations 10 (2) and (3), regulations 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17, paragraph 18 (a), subregulation 19 (3), regulations 23, 24 and 26, subregulations 27 (1), (3), (4) and (5) and 28 (1), (3) and (5) and regulations 32 and 33.

Public Health (Infectious and
Notifiable Diseases) Regulations

Subregulation 3 (1) (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Subregulation 3 (1)—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Authorised Medical Officer' means an Authorised Medical Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Subregulations 5 (1), (4), (6) and (7)—

        (a)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “authorized medical practitioner” (wherever occurring), substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Subregulation 5 (8)—

    (a)     Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (last occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Regulation 7—

    (a)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “authorized medical practitioner”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Subregulation 8 (2)—

        (a)     Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (last occurring), substitute
“Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulation 22 (1)—

Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Subregulations 3 (1) (definitions of “authorised person” and “Contact”), 4 (1), 4A (1) and (3), 4B (1) and (2), 5 (2) and (3), 6 (1) and (2), 7A (1) and (2) and 8 (1), regulation 9, subregulations 11 (1) and (2) and 12 (1), (2) and (3), regulation 14, subregulation 14A (4), paragraphs 14A (5) (b) and 14C (d), subregulations 14D (1) and (2) and 14E (1) and (2), regulation 15, subregulations 17 (1) and (2), regulations 19, 20 and 21 and Schedule 1 (Form 1) and Schedule 2.

Public Health (Laundries, Dry Cleaning Establishments and Dye Works) Regulations

Regulation 3 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Regulations 6 and 9—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulations 10 (1) and (2) and 11 (1)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Regulation 12—

Omit “An Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “A Public Health Officer”.

Public Health (Meat) Regulations

Regulation 2 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 2—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Regulation 16—

        (a)     Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

        (b)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulation 20 (1)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subregulation 20 (2)—

Omit “An Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “A Public Health Officer”.

Subregulation 21 (4)—

    (a)     Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “an Inspector”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “an Environmental Health Officer” (wherever occurring) and substituting “a Public Health Officer”:

Paragraphs 7 (c), (d), (f) and (g), regulations 10 and 11, paragraphs 13 (a) and (f) and subregulation 15 (2).

Public Health (Medical and Dental Inspection of School Children) Regulations

Regulation 2 (definition of “Authorized medical officer”)—

Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

“ ‘Authorised Medical Officer' means an Authorised Medical Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;”.

Regulation 2—

Insert the following definition:

“ ‘authorised' means authorised in writing by the Minister;”.

Subregulation 3 (1)—

    (a)     Omit “authorized medical officer”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “medical officer” (last occurring), substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Subregulation 3 (2)—

Omit “medical officer”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Regulation 5—

Omit “authorized medical officer”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Subregulation 6 (1)—

Omit “authorized medical officer”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

Public Health (Piggeries) Regulations

Regulation 2 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 2—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Subregulations 4 (2) and (3) and 5 (2) and (3)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Subparagraph 6 (b) (i)—

Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Subregulation 7 (2)—

Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Forms A and B)—

Omit “Medical Officer of Health”, substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

Public Health (Private Hospitals) Regulations

Regulation 3 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Paragraph 17 (a)—

Omit “, to the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “to a Public Health Officer”.

Paragraph 17 (f)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health, or an Environmental Health Officer,”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Paragraph 17 (i)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Subregulation 18 (4)—

Omit “the Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

The Schedule (Forms 1 and 2)—

Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Paragraphs 9 (e), (f), (n), (p) and (q), 10 (2) (f) and 12 (1) (a), subregulation 12 (2), regulations 13 and 14, subregulations 15 (1) and 16 (1) and (2), paragraphs 17 (c), (e), (g), (j) and (m) and regulations 20 and 21.

Public Health (Sale of Food and Drugs) Regulations

Regulation 3 (definition of “Act”)—

Omit “ Public Health Act 1928 ”, substitute “ Public Health Act 1997 ”.

Regulation 3 (definition of “Environmental Health Officer”)—

Omit the definition.

Regulation 3—

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘Authorised Medical Officer' means an Authorised Medical Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ;
‘Public Health Officer' means—

        (a)     a Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

        (b)     the Chief Health Officer;”.

Subregulation 21 (1)—

    (a)     Omit “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring), substitute “Chief Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “authorized medical practitioner”, substitute “Authorised Medical Officer”.

    (c)     Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Subparagraph 39 (j) (i)—

Omit “authorized material”, substitute “material which has been authorised in writing by the Minister”.

Subregulation 56 (7)—

    (a)     Omit “an inspector”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

    (b)     Omit “an Environmental Health Officer”, substitute “a Public Health Officer”.

Further amendments—

1. The following provisions are amended by omitting “An Environmental Health Officer” and substituting “A Public Health Officer”:

Subregulations 18 (2) and 19 (1) and (6).

2. The following provisions are amended by omitting “an Environmental Health Officer” (wherever occurring) and substituting “a Public Health Officer”:

Subregulations 19 (3), (4), (5) and (8), regulation 29, paragraph 39 (d), regulations 43, 45 and 46, paragraph 55 (c), subregulation 56 (5), regulation 63, paragraphs 74 (e) and 75 (g), subregulation 82 (2), paragraphs 83 (a) and (j), 84 (k), 85 (1) (f) and 86 (h), subregulation 95A (3) and paragraph 95A (5) (b).

3. The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Paragraph 16 (1) (b), subregulations 16 (4), 17 (1) and (2) and 21 (2) and (3), paragraphs 25 (c) and 31 (2) (b), subregulations 32A (1) and (4) (definition of “mechanical glass-washing apparatus”), paragraph 39 (j), regulation 40, subregulation 57 (4), regulations 70 and 72, paragraphs 73 (b), 83 (b) and 87 (g), subregulation 91 (1), regulation 97 and paragraph 106 (h).

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations

New regulation 1A—

After regulation 1 insert the following regulation:

Interpretation

“1A. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘Chief Health Officer' means the Chief Health Officer under the Public Health Act 1997 .”.

Regulation 2—

Omit “made under the Public Health Act 1928 ”.

Further amendments—

The following provisions are amended by omitting “Medical Officer of Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chief Health Officer”:

Regulations 3 to 8 (inclusive) and subregulations 10 (1), (2) and (3).


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