New Zealand Legislation: Acts

115 Authorities may be appointed in respect of additional professions

• (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister,—

  • (a) designate health services of a particular kind as a health profession; and

  • (b) either—

    • (i) establish a body corporate, to be known by a name stated in the order, as the authority appointed in respect of the profession designated under paragraph (a); or

    • (ii) provide that the profession designated under paragraph (a) is to be added to the profession or professions in respect of which an existing authority is appointed.

  (2) If an Order in Council contains a provision of the kind authorised by subsection (1)(b)(ii), the order may also—

  • (a) change the name of the authority concerned to reflect the change made by the order; and

  • (b) amend any enactment (for example, this Act) to reflect the name change effected by the order.

  (3) The Minister may recommend that an Order in Council be made under subsection (1) only if satisfied of the matters stated in section 116.

  (4) An Order in Council under subsection (1) is a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.