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(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Director-General may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, declare New Zealand or any part of New Zealand to be divided into health districts, with such names and boundaries as the Director-General thinks fit.
(2) The boundaries of every health district shall be fixed by reference to the boundaries of the territorial authority districts comprised therein, and shall vary with any alteration in such last-mentioned boundaries.
(3) In no case shall part only of any territorial authority district be included within the boundaries of a health district.
Section 19 was amended, as from 1 April 1980, by section 8(3) Local Government Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 59).
Section 19 was amended, as from 26 July 1988, by section 5(1) Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Section 19 was substituted, as from 1 July 1993, by section 7(1) Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).