New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13A Procedure of Board during epidemic

• (1) While an epidemic management notice is in force, any decision or action that may or must be made or taken by the Board under this Act may, if the chairperson or a panel convenor is satisfied that it is desirable,—

  • (a) be made or taken by the Board on the basis of documents only, without the presence or submission of any person who would otherwise have the right to be present or make a submission; or

  • (b) be made or taken by the chairperson or the panel convenor, acting alone, either—

    • (i) in the usual way; or

    • (ii) on the basis of documents only, without the presence or submission of any person who would otherwise have the right to be present or make a submission.

  (2) Subsection (1) overrides every provision of this Act to the contrary.

  (3) The taking of a decision in accordance with subsection (1) is not an unattended hearing; and the provisions of this Act relating to unattended hearings (or to decisions on whether a hearing will be unattended or attended) do not apply to it.

  (4) If the notice applies to only stated parts of New Zealand, subsections (1) to (3) apply within those parts only.

  Section 13A: inserted, on 19 December 2006, by section 5 of the Parole Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 88).