Fluoridation Regulations 2019

A water supply authority having the control of a fluoridated water supply is to take samples from that water supply, for the purpose of making analyses and tests of those samples, from such points on the reticulation system, used in respect of that water supply, as the Committee determines for that system.

A water supply authority is to cause a sample from a fluoridated water supply, taken in accordance with subregulation (1), to be analysed and tested by a laboratory that is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia – at least twice in each calendar month; or at such other frequency as may be directed by the Committee.

A water supply authority that has undertaken analyses and tests of a sample from a fluoridated water supply, taken in accordance with subregulation (1), is to send details of the results of the analyses and tests taken in any calendar month to the Committee by the 15th day of the following calendar month.

Despite subregulation (3), a water supply authority having the control of a fluoridated water supply must notify the Committee within 24 hours after receiving the result of any analysis or test that shows that the fluoride concentration is in excess of 1.5 milligrams per litre. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.