New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 25 January 2005
| Public Act | 1990 No 68 |
| Date of assent | 1 August 1990 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Health.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1
Health Research Council of New Zealand
5 Health Research Council of New Zealand
9 Term of office [Repealed]
10 Extraordinary vacancies [Repealed]
11 Chairperson [Repealed]
12 Deputy Chairperson [Repealed]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
22 Principal functions of Maori Health Committee
23 Membership of Maori Health Committee
25 Functions of Ethics Committee
26 Membership of Ethics Committee
General provisions relating to committees
[Repealed]
27 Appointment of committees [Repealed]
28 Power of committees to appoint subcommittees [Repealed]
29 Power of delegation [Repealed]
30 Procedure of committees [Repealed]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
33 Availability of results of research
34 Liaison with other organisations
35 Contracts of Council [Repealed]
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42 Protection of persons acting under authority of Act [Repealed]
Part 2
Dissolution of Medical Research Council of New Zealand
44 Dissolution of Medical Research Council of New Zealand
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
Part 3
Consequential amendments and repeals
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55 Consequential amendments to Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971 [Repealed]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]
An Act—
(a) to establish the Health Research Council of New Zealand and to define its functions and powers; and
(b) to dissolve the Medical Research Council of New Zealand; and
(c) to provide for matters incidental thereto
