Legislation

The Ministry of Health administers the following Acts and Regulations. Legislation can be viewed online at www.legislation.govt.nz, or purchased from Bennetts bookstores.

Acts of Parliament administered by the Ministry of Health

Alcohol Advisory Council Act 1976
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966
Burial and Cremation Act 1964
Cancer Registry Act 1993
Children’s Health Camps Board Dissolution Act 1999
Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975 (Parts 2 and 2A)
Health Act 1956
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001
Health Benefits (Reciprocity with Australia) Act 1999
Health Benefits (Reciprocity with the United Kingdom) Act 1982
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Health Research Council Act 1990
Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Tissue Act 1964
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care & Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Medicines Act 1981
Mental Health Commission Act 1998
Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
New Zealand Council for Postgraduate Medical Education Act Repeal Act 1990
New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 1976
Radiation Protection Act 1965
Smoke-free Environments Act 1990
Tuberculosis Act 1948

Regulations administered by the Ministry of Health

Alcohol Advisory Council Regulations 1978
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (Forms) Regulations 1968
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Institutions Orders 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1982(No.2), 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1997
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (Medical Fees) Regulations 1992
Anthrax Prevention Regulations 1987
Burial and Cremation (Removal of Monuments and Tablets) Regulations 1967
Camping-Grounds Regulations 1985
Cancer Registry Regulations 1994
Chiropractors Orders 2002 and 2003
Cremation Regulations 1973
Electroplating Regulations 1950 (Amendments 4 and 5 are administered by Labour)
Environmental Health Officers Qualifications Regulations 1993
Exhumation Licence Fee Order 1991
Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958
Fireguards Regulations 1958
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Exemption Order 2002
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Fees Regulations 2002
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Hospital Care, Residential Disability Care and Rest Home Care Standards Notice 2002
Health (Burial) Regulations 1946
Health (Bursaries) Regulations 1965
Health (Cancellation of Division of District Health Boards into Constituencies) Order 2004
Health (Cervical Screening (Kaitiaki) Regulations 1995, reference to “Health Constituencies of District Health Boards) Order 2001”
Health (Constituencies of District Health Boards) Order 2001
Health (Diseases Communicated by Animals) Regulations 1965
Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993
Health (Hairdressers) Regulations 1980
Health (Immunisation) Regulations 1995
Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966
Health (Infirm and Neglected Persons) Regulations 1958
Health (Needles and Syringes) Regulations 1998
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Anaesthetists-Maintenance of Professional Standards Program) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Bay of Plenty District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Capital and Coast District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Hutt Valley District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Counties Manukau District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Nelson Marlborough District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Otago District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Pinnacle Group Limited) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Taranaki District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Vascular Surgeons) Notice 2003
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Waikato District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Wairarapa District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Whanganui District Health Board) Notice 2004
Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983
Health Reforms (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Order 1993, 1996, 1997
Health Reforms (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities of Healthlink South Limited) Order 2000
Health Reforms (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities of Health Benefits Limited) Order 2000
Health Reforms (Transferee) Order 1993, 1993 (No. 2), 1999
Health (Registration of Premises) Regulations 1966
Health (Retention of Health Information) Regulations 1996
Health Sector (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities of Crown Public Health Limited and CLS Properties Limited) Order 2002
Health Sector Transfers (Enable New Zealand Limited) Order 2002
Health Sector Transfers (Housing New Zealand Corporation) Order 2002
Health Sector Transfers (Provider Arrangements) Order 2001, 2001 (No 2), 2002, 2003
Health Sector Transfers (Wellington City Council) Order 2002
Health Sector Transfers (West Otago Health Trust) Order 2004
Hospitals (Eligibility for Exemption) Notice 1996, 1996 (No. 2)
Housing Improvement Regulations 1947
Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order 1996
Infectious and Notifiable Diseases (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza) Order 2004
Infectious and Notifiable Disease (SARS) Order 2003
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Regulations 2004
Kakapo Stream Pollution Control Order 1976
Lead Process Regulations 1950
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Albany Maternity & Gynaecology Limited) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Anaesthetists: Faculty of Intensive Care Programme) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Auckland District Health Board) Notice 2003, 2003 (No 2)
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Boulcott Clinic) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Bowen Hospital Limited) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Dunstan Hospital) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: First Health Limited) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: General Practitioner’s Advanced Vocational Education Programme) Notice 2003
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: General Practitioners: ProCare) Notice 2003
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Hawkes Bay) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Healthlink South) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Kensington Hospital) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Lakeland Health) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: MercyAscot Hospitals) Notice 2003
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: New Zealand Orthopaedic Association National Joint Register) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) Notice 2004
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: New Zealand Committee Practice Visits) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Occupational Medicine) Notice 2000
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Orthopaedic Services Limited) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Otago) Notice 1998
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Pegasus Medical Group) Notice 2000
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: PrimeHealth Limited) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Royston Hospital) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: South Canterbury District Health Board) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Southern Cross Hospital Trust) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Southern Health) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: South-Med Limited) Notice 2001
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: St Marks Women’s Health) Notice 2003
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Vascular Surgeons) Notice 2004
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Waitemata) Notice 1999
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Wakefield Hospital) Notice 2002
Medical Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity: Wanganui) Notice 1999
Medicines (Approved Laboratories and Analysts in Charge) Notice 2000
Medicines (Database of Medical Devices) Regulations 2003
Medicines (Deferral of Expiry of Part 7A) Order 2003
Medicines (Designated Prescriber: Nurse Practitioner) Regulations 2005
Medicines (Related Products (Exempted Foods)) Regulations 2003
Medicines Regulations 1984
Medicines (Standing Order) Regulations 2002
Mental Health Commission Act (Postponement of Expiry) Order 2004
Mental Health (Forms) Regulations 1992
Mental Health (Medical Fees) Regulations 1992
Mental Hospitals Road Traffic Bylaws 1960
Microwave Ovens Regulations 1982
Misuse of Drugs (Approved Laboratories and Analysts in Charge) Notice 2000
Misuse of Drugs (Changes to Controlled Drugs) Order 2003
Misuse of Drugs (Classification of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine) Order 2003
Misuse of Drugs (Classification of Fantasy) Order 2001
Misuse of Drugs (Detention) Regulations 1985
Misuse of Drugs Order 1978, 1978 (No 2), 1981, 1982, 1984, 1984 (No 2), 1998
Misuse of Drugs (Prohibition of Cannabis Utensils and Methamphetamine) Notice 2003
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977
New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Archives) Regulations 2001
Noxious Substances Notice 1958 and 1959
Noxious Substances Regulations 1954
Offensive Trades Order 1959
Plastic Wrapping Regulations 1979
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Regulations 1977
Porirua Hospital Traffic Bylaws 1969
Radiation Protection (Appeals) Regulations 1974
Radiation Protection Regulations 1982
Sanitary Plumbing (Exemption) Notice 1978
Sanitary Plumbing (Permission for Householders) Notice 1986 (No 2), 1991,1991 (No 2), 1991 (No 3), 1992, 1992 (No 2), 1992 (No 4), 1992 (No 5), 1994
Smoke-free Environments Regulations 1999
Spray Coating Regulations 1962
Tuberculosis Regulations 1951
University of Otago School of Anatomy Orders 1969 and 1988
Venereal Diseases Regulations 1982
Water Supplies Protection Regulations 1961

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