South Australian Public Health Act 2011

A council is the local public health authority for its area.

In connection with subsection (1), the following functions are conferred on a council by this Act:

to take action to preserve, protect and promote public health within its area;

to cooperate with other authorities involved in the administration of this Act;

to ensure that adequate sanitation measures are in place in its area;

insofar as is reasonably practicable, to have adequate measures in place within its area to ensure that activities do not adversely affect public health;

to identify risks to public health within its area;

as necessary, to ensure that remedial action is taken to reduce or eliminate adverse impacts or risks to public health;

to assess activities and development, or proposed activities or development, within its area in order to determine and respond to public health impacts (or potential public health impacts);

to provide, or support the provision of, educational information about public health and to provide or support activities within its area to preserve, protect or promote public health;

such other functions assigned to the council by this

Act.