New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) In the case of an outbreak of an epidemic of infectious disease the Medical Officer of Health may constitute local committees to operate within defined areas and to assist him and the local authorities in checking the epidemic and conserving the public health.
(2) Every such committee shall include such representatives of local authorities and of associations concerned in the conservation of health within the defined area of the committee as the Medical Officer of Health may select or approve.
(3) Every local committee so constituted may elect its own chairman and fix its own rules of procedure.
(4) Any such committee may appoint subcommittees to deal with any specified place or matter.
