"Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
The Ashburton District Council provides an Environmental Health service:
- To protect public health and safety.
- To promote and protect the natural and physical environment
- To protect the public from nuisance
How this service is provided:
- Environmental Health Officers (EHO's) inspect 350 premises to ensure minimum standards of health are maintained. Premises include:
- Food premises
- Hairdressers shops
- Camping grounds
- Offensive trades
- Mobile shops & food stalls
- Nuisances such as litter, smoke, odours, vermin, insects, and noise, are investigated and resolved.
- Notifiable infectious diseases are investigated.
- Monitoring of drinking water quality
- Reporting on health aspects of certain applications under the Building Act and Resource Management Act
- Recreational bathing - rivers and lakes
- Assorted environmental testing and survey work including sewerage effluent, toxic, hazardous substances etc.
- Bylaw enforcement
- Litter control including infringement notices
Legislation administered:
Ashburton District Council Bylaw
*Health Act 1956
*Resource Management Act 1991
Food Act 1981
*Food Hygiene Regulations 1974
*Litter act 1979
*The Camping Ground Act 1985
*Health (Hairdressers) Regulations 1980
*Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations
*visit http://www.legislation.govt.nz
Contact:
Contact Customer Services at the Ashburton District Council who will deal with your enquiry or pass it to the correct person.
Phone 03 307 7700 or email info@adc.govt.nz