New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 No 91 (as at 23 April 2011), Public Act

27 Duties of board
  • (1) The board of a DHB must ensure that the DHB acts in a manner consistent with any relevant plan prepared under section 38, and any directions under section 33, 33A, or 33B of this Act or section 103 or section 107 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

    (2) The duty in subsection (1)—

    • (a) applies in addition to the duties of the board in sections 49 to 52 of the Crown Entities Act 2004; and

    • (b) is a collective duty owed to the Minister for the purposes of section 58 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

    (3) Despite section 60(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, a member of a board of a DHB may not apply for a court order under that section.

    Section 27: substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

    Section 27(1): amended, on 24 February 2011, by section 12 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 118).