Public Health (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 6 of 2002)

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2002 Section 1 No. 6 of 2002 to Page 1 C T PUBLIC HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002 No. 6 of 2002 AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT I assent, TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV, 14th October, 2002 [16th of July 2002] BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Amendment) Act 2002. (2) The Public Health Act 1992 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. 2. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new definition in section 3 thereof: “pesticide” shall have the same meaning as in the Pesticides Act 2002. 3. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section 22A after section 22: “22A. Any person who sprays or causes or allows the spraying of pesticide in any environment which is a nuisance or prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood or to the health of any person, is guilty of an offence”. Section 3 Public Health (Amendment) Act 2002 No. 6 of 2002 Page 2 to Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 16th day of July, 2002.