Public Health Act 1973.

This Act makes provision with respect to matters public health in Papua New Guinea including the handling of food and the supply of potable water. The 141 sections of this Act are divided into 10 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Various diseases and disorders affecting human beings (Parts II to VIII); Procedural and evidentiary provisions relating to certain regulations (IX); Regulations (X).
In addition to any other powers conferred on him by this Act, the Minister has, throughout the country, the powers conferred by this Act on a Local Medical Authority or on an inspector, and addition to any powers conferred on him by this Act, a Local Medical Authority has all the powers conferred by this Act on an inspector. The Minister may appoint Health Inspectors for purposes of this Act under section 8. The Head of State may make Regulations to prescribe matters for purposes of this Act including rules for the prevention of animal diseases, the prevention of the pollution of natural watercourses and the maintenance of the purity of water supply and the licensing, control and inspection of food premises and premises where animals used for food are kept.