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Western Cape Health Care Waste
Management Act, No. 7 of 2007
Long title
To provide for the effective handling, storage, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of health care waste by all persons in the Province of the Western Cape; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE |
|
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Object
of Act |
| 3. | Principles
of interpretation |
| 4. | Application |
| 5. | Prohibition
of dumping and mismanagement of health care waste |
| 6. | Responsibilities
of generator, transporter, treater or disposer of health care waste |
| 7. | Spillage
and dumping of health care risk |
| 8. | Staff
safety and training |
| 9. | Appointment
of inspectors |
| 10. | Powers
of inspectors |
| 10A. | Compliance
notices [...inserted
by Act wc_2010_006_005_20101208] |
| 11. | Offences and penalties [...Title amended by Act wc_2010_006_005_20101208 - was entitled "Offences and penalties and consequences of criminal conviction"] |
| 12. | Duties
of municipalities |
| 13. | Duties
of Head of Department |
| 14. | Regulations
and
notices [...Title
amended by Act
wc_2010_006_005_20101208 - was
entitled "Regulations"] |
| 15. | Short title and commencement |
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