1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

4 Purpose

5 Health Research Council of New Zealand

6 Functions of Council

7 Powers of Council

8 Membership of Council

9 Term of office [Repealed]

10 Extraordinary vacancies [Repealed]

11 Chairperson [Repealed]

12 Deputy Chairperson [Repealed]

13 Biomedical Research Committee

14 Principal function of Biomedical Research Committee

15 Public Health Research Committee

16 Principal function of Public Health Research Committee

17 General functions of research committees

18 Procedures for ranking applications

19 Other procedures of research committees

20 Membership of research committees

21 Maori Health Committee

22 Principal functions of Maori Health Committee

23 Membership of Maori Health Committee

24 Ethics Committee

25 Functions of Ethics Committee

26 Membership of Ethics Committee

27 Appointment of committees [Repealed]

28 Power of committees to appoint subcommittees [Repealed]

29 Power of delegation [Repealed]

30 Procedure of committees [Repealed]

31 Consideration of applications

32 Reports on research

33 Availability of results of research

34 Liaison with other organisations

35 Contracts of Council [Repealed]

36 Seal [Repealed]

37 Rules [Repealed]

38 Annual report

39 Exemption from income tax

40 Further provisions applying to Council

41 Authority to make contributions for purposes of health research

42 Protection of persons acting under authority of Act [Repealed]

43 Regulations

44 Dissolution of Medical Research Council of New Zealand

45 Assets and liabilities

46 Vesting of assets

47 Proceedings

48 Transitional provision in relation to persons employed on research and as tenured investigators

49 Other transitional provision

50 Final accounts of Medical Research Council of New Zealand

51 Consequential amendment to War Pensions Act 1954

52 Consequential amendment to Ministry of Transport Act 1968

53 Consequential amendments to Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968

54 Consequential amendment to Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968

55 Consequential amendments to Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971 [Repealed]

56 Consequential amendment to Income Tax Act 1976 [Repealed]

57 Consequential amendment to Medicines Act 1981

58 Consequential amendments to Official Information Act 1982 [Repealed]

59 Repeals