Environmental Health

As of March 1 the State Government has introduced new smoke-free areas across Tasmania. These areas are listed in the document below.

1.   People are required with the smoke free area provisions as of March 1;

2.   Council is responsible to for its facilities such as sporting grounds, swimming pools, public buildings and playgrounds;

3.   Council does not police this law at private facilities such as hotels. Policing will be handled by the State Government, which has appointed two officers to oversee this requirement. To report a breach in these areas contact the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.

Event organisers are required to complete a Smoke Free Management (Public Events) Plan for any events that are completely smoke free or that have designated smoking areas. For a copy of this form and more information please click here.

Smoke-free Areas Information (73 kb)

Environmental Health also covers several different areas which are the following:

1.  Food

• Registration of Food Businesses
• Food Safety & Hygiene
• Food Complaints
• Food Standards Code - www.foodstandards.gov.au
• Food Labelling (for consumer information see ww.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/labellingoffood/ )
• Food Permits
• Raw Egg Control Measure
  Manufacturing Controls for Raw Egg Products 2008
  Notification Form - Raw Egg Products
• Street Stall Application Form  (85 kb)
• Temporary Food Business Registration Form
• Temporary food permit information for applicants
• Tasmanian Temporary Food Stall Guidelines

2.  Water Quality

• Drinking water
• Water monitoring
• Recreational Water Monitoring
• Wastewater
• On-site Wastewater Management Systems (Septic Tanks)
• Water Sampling and Monitoring Fact Sheet

3.  Public Health

• Immunisations
• Notifiable Diseases
• Registered Premises
• Places of Assembly / Public Events
• Pandemic Planning (Flu & Influenza)

4.  Environment

• Pollution Incidents
• Dairy Effluent Management Issues
• Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
• Level 1 - Activities are dealt with by Council
• Level 2 - Activities are regulated by the State Government
• Regulations for Backyard Burning(104 kb)

For information about asbestos, please visit our Building page by clicking here.

If you would like to know more information on any of the above contact the Environmental Health Officer on (03) 6452 4848.