New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 23 April 2011
| Public Act | 2000 No 91 |
| Date of assent | 14 December 2000 |
| Commencement | see section 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.
Part 2
Responsibilities of Minister
8 Health and disability strategies
9 Strategies for standards and quality assurance programmes
12 Information about committees to be made public
13 National advisory committee on health and disability
14 Public health advisory committee
15 Health workforce advisory committee
16 National advisory committee on health and disability support services ethics
17 National health epidemiology and quality assurance advisory committee [Repealed]
18 Mortality review committees [Repealed]
20 Process for restructuring geographical areas of DHBs
21 Application of Crown Entities Act 2004 to DHBs
24 Co-operative agreements and arrangements
28 Shares in bodies corporate or interests in associations
30 Crown monitors to sit on boards
31 Replacement of board by commissioner
33 Minister may require provision of services
33A Proposals and directions in relation to administrative, support, and procurement services
Ministerial directions to all DHBs
33B Minister may give directions to all DHBs
34 Community and public health advisory committees
35 Disability support advisory committees
36 Hospital advisory committees
37 Responsibility of board [Repealed]
38 Planning framework and requirements
39 Resolution of disputes over contents of plan
40 Consultation on proposed changes to annual plan [Repealed]
41 DHBs to operate in financially responsible manner
42 Accountability documents under Crown Entities Act 2004
45 Other provisions in schedules
Part 4
Other publicly-owned health and disability organisations
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
49 Pharmac to consult in implementing objectives and carrying out functions
50 Board of Pharmac to establish advisory committees
53 Exemption from Part 2 of Commerce Act 1986
Health Quality and Safety Commission
59A Health Quality and Safety Commission
59E HQSC may appoint mortality review committees
62 Duties of board members [Repealed]
63 Shares in bodies corporate or interests in associations [Repealed]
64 Annual plans [Repealed]
65 Restrictions on directions by Minister
66 Pharmac, NZBS, CHFA to operate in financially responsible manner
67 Accountability documents under Crown Entities Act 2004
Inquiries and investigations under Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908
71 Minister may appoint Commission under Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 to conduct inquiry or investigation
72 Minister may appoint inquiry board to conduct special health inquiry
73 Consultation required before inquiry board appointed to inquire into certain matters
74 Discussion required before inquiry board appointed
75 Establishment and alteration of inquiry
76 Protection of inquiry board
77 Instructions as to procedure
78 Further requirements as to procedure
79 Inquiry hearings and evidence generally to be public
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions
87 Saving of certain transactions
88 Arrangements relating to payments
89 Principles of national consistency applicable to notices under section 88
91 No compensation for loss of office
Part 7
Transitional and consequential provisions
94 Health Funding Authority dissolved and assets and liabilities vested in the Crown
95 Hospital and health services dissolved and assets and liabilities vested in DHBs
96 Assets and liabilities of New Zealand Blood Service Limited vested in NZBS
97 Former directors of New Zealand Blood Service Limited to be transitional members of NZBS
98 Pharmaceutical Management Agency Limited dissolved and assets and liabilities vested in Pharmac
99 Former directors of Pharmaceutical Management Agency Limited to be transitional members of board of Pharmac
100 Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 to apply to vestings under this Act
101 Modifications of Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 in respect of former employees of dissolved entities and certain employees of Ministry of Health
102 References to dissolved entities to be references to their successors
103 Persons in whom assets and liabilities vested deemed dissolved entities for certain purposes
Transitional provisions relating to annual reports and financial statements of dissolved entities
105 Final reports of dissolved entities
All positions on boards of DHBs filled by appointment until first elections
106 Transitional board members
107 Amendments to Commerce Act 1986
108 Amendments to State Sector Act 1988
109 Amendment to Mental Health Commission Act 1998
Consequential repeals, revocations, and amendments
110 Consequential repeals and revocations
Appropriations for purposes of Act
113 Interim authority of Crown to incur liabilities
Transitional provisions relating to New Zealand health strategy and New Zealand disability strategy
114 Consultation for first New Zealand health strategy and first New Zealand disability strategy
Schedule 1
DHBs and their geographical areas
Schedule 2
Membership of boards: Election and appointment of members, and effect of boundary changes on membership
Schedule 3
Provisions applying to DHBs and their boards
Schedule 4
Provisions applying to community and public health advisory committees, disability support advisory committees, and hospital advisory committees
Schedule 5
Provisions applying to mortality review committees
Schedule 6
Further provisions applying to Pharmac, NZBS, CHFA, and HQSC
Schedule 7
Vesting of assets and liabilities of hospital and health services in DHBs
Schedule 8
Consequential revocations of instruments
Schedule 9
Consequential amendments to Acts
Schedule 10
Consequential amendments to other instruments
