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1 | Short Title and commencement | |
2 | Interpretation | |
3 | Power of Governor-General in Council to amend Schedules | |
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3A | Function of Ministry in relation to public health | |
3B | Director of Public Health | |
3C | Director-General to produce annual report on current state of public health | |
3D | Director of Public Health may provide advice or reports to Minister | |
3E | Public Health Group | |
3F | Public Health Group to consult | |
4 | Department of Health [Repealed] | |
5 | Director-General of Health [Repealed] | |
5A | Deputy Directors-General and Assistant Directors-General of Health [Repealed] | |
5B | Delegation of powers by Director-General [Repealed] | |
6 | Other officers and employees [Repealed] | |
6A | Part-time deputy medical officers of health [Repealed] | |
7 | Principal functions of Department [Repealed] | |
7A | Medical officers of health and other officers | |
8 | Conservation of public health in areas outside jurisdiction of local authorities | |
9 | Delegation of powers by Minister [Repealed] | |
9A | Advisory committees and subcommittees [Repealed] | |
10 | Annual report [Repealed] | |
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11 | Board of Health [Repealed] | |
11A | Chairman and deputy chairman [Repealed] | |
12 | Remuneration and travelling allowances [Repealed] | |
13 | Meetings and procedure of Board [Repealed] | |
14 | Seal of Board [Repealed] | |
15 | Secretary to Board [Repealed] | |
16 | Functions of Board [Repealed] | |
17 | Board may be appointed as a commission of inquiry [Repealed] | |
18 | Committees of Board [Repealed] | |
18A | Ad hoc subcommittees [Repealed] | |
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19 | Health districts | |
20 | Medical officer of health for every health district [Repealed] | |
21 | Evidence of authority of medical officer or health protection officer | |
22 | Certain officers to have functions of medical officers of health | |
22A | Powers of departmental officers under Factories and Commercial Premises Act 1981 [Repealed] | |
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22B | Interpretation | |
22C | Disclosure of health information | |
22D | Duty to provide health information | |
22E | Duty to provide information for purposes of blood collection | |
22F | Communication of information for diagnostic and other purposes | |
22G | Inspection of records | |
22H | Anonymous health information | |
22I | Offence to fail to retain health information [Repealed] | |
22J | Expiry of section 22I | |
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23 | General powers and duties of local authorities in respect of public health | |
24 | Governor-General may exempt certain local authorities [Repealed] | |
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25 | Local authority to provide sanitary works | |
26 | Appeal against requisition or determination of Board of Health [Repealed] | |
27 | Local authority may raise loans for sanitary works | |
27A | Grants and subsidies for refuse disposal works, sewerage works, and water supplies | |
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28 | Appointment of environmental health officers by local authorities | |
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29 | Nuisances defined for purposes of this Act | |
30 | Penalties for permitting or causing nuisances | |
31 | Provisions of this Act as to nuisances to be in addition to other rights | |
32 | Provisions of this Act as to nuisances to apply to Crown | |
33 | Proceedings in respect of nuisances | |
34 | Power to abate nuisance without notice | |
35 | Proceedings when nuisance caused by default outside district | |
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36 | Local authorities to make provision for removal of refuse, etc [Repealed] | |
37 | Further provisions as to removal of refuse, etc [Repealed] | |
38 | Right of local authority to use portion of reserve for depot [Repealed] | |
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39 | Requirements of dwellinghouses as to supply of water and sanitary conveniences | |
40 | Sanitary requirements for business premises [Repealed] | |
41 | Owners or occupiers may be required to cleanse premises | |
42 | Local authority may require repairs and issue closing order | |
43 | Appeal against closing order | |
44 | Issue of closing order by medical officer of health | |
45 | Determination of closing order | |
46 | Closing order for premises owned by local authority | |
47 | Failure to comply with closing order | |
48 | Local authority may require demolition [Repealed] | |
49 | District Court may make demolition order [Repealed] | |
50 | Issue of requisition by medical officer of health [Repealed] | |
51 | Enforcement of demolition order [Repealed] | |
52 | Offences in respect of requisition or demolition order [Repealed] | |
53 | Restriction on use of materials for building [Repealed] | |
53A | Mortgagee may do acts required of owner | |
53B | Provisions where owner is a trustee | |
53C | Advances by local authority to owners | |
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54 | Restrictions on carrying on offensive trade | |
55 | Appeal against decision of local authority or medical officer of health | |
56 | Local authority to notify medical officer of health of registered chemical works [Repealed] | |
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57 | Local authority may restrict keeping of animals [Repealed] | |
58 | Restrictions on establishment of stock saleyards | |
59 | Appeal against decision of local authority or medical officer of health | |
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60 | Pollution of water supply [Repealed] | |
61 | Control of watercourses, etc [Repealed] | |
62 | Supply of water from polluted source [Repealed] | |
63 | Powers of Director-General as to polluted water supply [Repealed] | |
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64 | Bylaws | |
65 | General provisions as to bylaws | |
65A | Effect of Building Act 2004 on bylaws | |
66 | Penalties for breach of bylaws | |
67 | Mode of making bylaws | |
68 | Copies of bylaws to be available | |
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69 | Duties and powers of harbour boards [Repealed] | |
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69A | Purpose | |
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69B | This Part generally to apply on commencement | |
69C | Application of sections 69S to 69ZC generally | |
69D | Application of sections 69S to 69ZC to bulk suppliers | |
69E | Application of sections 69S to 69ZC to water carriers | |
69F | Bulk suppliers, networked suppliers, water carriers, and designated ports or airports may elect earlier compliance | |
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69G | Interpretation | |
69H | All practicable steps | |
69I | Part binds the Crown | |
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69J | Drinking-water register | |
69K | Applications for registration | |
69L | Renewal of registration by water carriers | |
69M | Duty to update details on register | |
69N | Removal from register | |
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69O | Minister may issue, adopt, amend, or revoke drinking-water standards | |
69P | Minister must consult before issuing, adopting, or amending drinking-water standards | |
69Q | Drinking-water standards must be notified and made available | |
69R | Commencement of drinking-water standards | |
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69S | Duty of suppliers in relation to provision of drinking water | |
69T | Duties where risk to water is actual or foreseeable | |
69U | Duty to take reasonable steps to contribute to protection of source of drinking water | |
69V | Duty to take all practicable steps to comply with drinking-water standards | |
69W | Duty to take reasonable steps to supply wholesome drinking water | |
69X | Duties in relation to new water sources | |
69Y | Duty to monitor drinking water | |
69Z | Duty to prepare and implement water safety plan | |
69ZA | Medical officer of health may require preparation and implementation of water safety plan | |
69ZB | Duration of plans | |
69ZC | Review and renewal of plans | |
69ZD | Duty to keep records and make them available | |
69ZE | Duty to investigate complaints | |
69ZF | Duty to take remedial action if drinking-water standards breached | |
69ZG | Duty to provide reasonable assistance to drinking-water assessors, designated officers, and medical officers of health | |
69ZH | Duty to provide information to territorial authority | |
69ZI | Temporary supplier to notify medical officer of health of source and quality of raw water | |
69ZJ | Powers of medical officer of health relating to temporary drinking-water suppliers | |
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69ZK | Director-General may appoint drinking-water assessors | |
69ZL | Functions of drinking-water assessors | |
69ZM | Drinking-water assessors accountable to Director-General for performance of functions | |
69ZN | Functions of designated officers | |
69ZO | Powers of designated officers | |
69ZP | Powers of drinking-water assessors and designated officers | |
69ZQ | Ancillary powers | |
69ZR | Restrictions on exercise of powers | |
69ZS | Requirement for warrant to enter dwellinghouse | |
69ZT | Standard conditions applying where warrant executed | |
69ZU | Drinking-water assessors and designated officers must produce identification | |
69ZV | Inventory of things seized to be provided | |
69ZW | Review of decisions of drinking-water assessors | |
69ZX | Register of drinking-water assessors | |
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69ZY | Director-General may recognise laboratories | |
69ZZ | Compliance tests must be carried out by recognised laboratory | |
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69ZZA | Minister may declare drinking-water emergency | |
69ZZB | Maximum duration of drinking-water emergency declaration | |
69ZZC | Drinking-water emergency may be declared or continued even if other emergency declared | |
69ZZD | Special powers of designated officers during drinking-water emergency | |
69ZZE | Compensation for property requisitioned or destroyed | |
69ZZF | Actions taken under emergency powers may be exempted from requirements of Part 3 of Resource Management Act 1991 | |
69ZZG | Effect of exemption | |
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69ZZH | Medical officer of health may issue compliance order | |
69ZZI | Compliance with compliance order | |
69ZZJ | Form and content of compliance order | |
69ZZK | Appeals | |
69ZZL | Stay of compliance order pending appeal | |
69ZZM | Variation and cancellation of compliance order | |
69ZZN | Appeals against decision on change or cancellation of compliance order | |
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69ZZO | Contamination of raw water or pollution of water supply | |
69ZZP | Local authority may be required to warn users of self-supplied building water supplies about contamination | |
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69ZZQ | Offence to supply or transport water if not registered | |
69ZZR | Offences against sections in this Part | |
69ZZS | Strict liability and defence to offences | |
69ZZT | Offences involving deception | |
69ZZU | Time for filing charging document | |
69ZZV | Penalties | |
69ZZW | Additional penalty for certain offences for commercial gain | |
69ZZX | Liability of principal for acts of agents | |
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69ZZY | Regulations | |
69ZZZ | Protecting water supplies from risk of back-flow | |
69ZZZA | Keeping, inspection, and copying of registers | |
69ZZZB | Director-General must publish annual report | |
69ZZZC | Statements by Director-General | |
69ZZZD | Protection of persons performing or exercising functions, duties, or powers under this Part | |
69ZZZE | Relationship between this Part and other enactments | |
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70 | Special powers of medical officer of health | |
71 | Powers of medical officer of health on outbreak of infectious disease | |
71A | Power of constables to assist medical officer of health in relation to infectious diseases | |
72 | Offences relating to obstructing medical officer of health or people assisting medical officer of health | |
73 | Medical officer of health may cause sanitary works to be undertaken | |
74 | Health practitioners to give notice of cases of notifiable disease | |
74AA | Medical laboratories to give notice of cases of notifiable disease | |
74A | National Cervical Screening Register [Repealed] | |
74B | Medical laboratories may be required to give notice of cases of disease during epidemic | |
74C | Priorities for medicines | |
74D | Redirection of aircraft | |
75 | Duty of occupier of premises as to infectious disease | |
76 | Duty of master of vessel in harbour as to infectious disease | |
77 | Medical officer of health may enter premises | |
78 | Director-General of Health may order post-mortem examination | |
79 | Isolation of persons likely to spread infectious disease [Repealed] | |
80 | Offences in respect of infectious or communicable diseases | |
81 | Power of local authority to disinfect premises | |
82 | Medical officer of health may order premises to be disinfected | |
83 | Infected articles may be destroyed | |
84 | Establishment of mortuaries and disinfecting stations | |
85 | Notice of death from infectious disease | |
86 | Duties of local authorities as to burials | |
87 | Compensation for persons injuriously affected | |
87A | Communicable diseases occurring in animals | |
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88 | Persons suffering from venereal disease to undergo treatment [Repealed] | |
89 | Duty of medical practitioner as to patient suffering from venereal disease [Repealed] | |
90 | Treatment of children [Repealed] | |
91 | Persons other than medical practitioners treating venereal disease [Repealed] | |
92 | Infecting any person with venereal disease [Repealed] | |
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92A | Principles to be taken into account | |
92B | Paramount consideration | |
92C | Respect for individuals | |
92D | Voluntary compliance | |
92E | Individual to be informed | |
92F | Principle of proportionality | |
92G | Least restrictive alternative | |
92H | Measures to apply no longer than necessary | |
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92I | Medical officer of health may give directions to individual posing public health risk | |
92J | Medical officer of health may give directions to contacts of individuals posing public health risk | |
92K | Direction for medical examination | |
92L | Direction to close educational institutions | |
92M | Director-General may require copies of directions given under this Part | |
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92N | Written directions and notices to be served on individual | |
92O | Duration of directions | |
92P | Medical officer of health must review directions | |
92Q | Directions may be extended | |
92R | Repeated directions may be given | |
92S | Directions may be varied or rescinded | |
92T | Appeal against directions | |
92U | Confidentiality | |
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92V | Offence for failing to comply with directions | |
92W | Offence to obstruct compliance with directions | |
92X | Duty of care relating to individuals under 16 years and persons lacking in legal capacity | |
92Y | Force not permissible | |
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92Z | District Court may make public health order | |
92ZA | Public health order may impose certain requirements on individual | |
92ZB | Matters that District Court may take into account in assessing public health risk | |
92ZC | Duration of public health order | |
92ZD | Public health order may be extended | |
92ZE | Relationship between directions and public health orders | |
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92ZF | Medical officer of health may make urgent public health order | |
92ZG | Duration of urgent public health order | |
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92ZH | Medical examination orders | |
92ZI | District Court may make public health order contingent on examinations establishing infectious disease | |
92ZJ | Order for contacts | |
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92ZK | Proceedings under this Part in District Court to be heard by Family Court Judges, if practicable | |
92ZL | Proceedings under this Part not open to public | |
92ZM | District Court may appoint lawyers to act for individuals under 16 years | |
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92ZN | Application for order | |
92ZO | Prior consultation with individual and individual’s family or whānau | |
92ZP | Case conferences | |
92ZQ | Medical officer of health must review orders | |
92ZR | District Court may cancel or vary orders | |
92ZS | Confidentiality | |
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92ZT | Appeals to High Court | |
92ZU | Appeals to Court of Appeal | |
92ZV | Enforcement of order by medical officer of health | |
92ZW | Offence not to comply with order | |
92ZX | Offence to obstruct compliance with order | |
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92ZY | Purpose of contact tracing | |
92ZZ | What contact tracing involves | |
92ZZA | Who may be contact tracer | |
92ZZB | Appropriateness of contact tracing | |
92ZZC | Duty of individual with infectious disease to provide information about contacts | |
92ZZD | Consideration as to whether contact tracing can be undertaken by individual | |
92ZZE | When contact tracer may undertake contact tracing | |
92ZZF | Contact tracer may require certain persons to provide information | |
92ZZG | Duty of confidentiality | |
92ZZH | Offence to fail to comply with direction to provide required information about contacts | |
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93 | Port health officers [Repealed] | |
94 | Places of inspection for ships | |
95 | Infected places | |
96 | Ships and aircraft liable to quarantine | |
97 | People liable to quarantine | |
97A | People liable to quarantine to comply with directions and supply information | |
97B | Detention of craft and people | |
97C | Lifting of detention of craft | |
97D | Powers and duties of medical officer of health or health protection officer in relation to quarantinable diseases | |
97E | Surveillance of certain people liable to quarantine | |
97F | Children and people under disability | |
97G | Offences against this Part | |
98 | Continuance of liability to quarantine | |
99 | Restrictions applying while ship liable to quarantine | |
100 | Quarantine signal for ships | |
101 | Inspection of ship or aircraft liable to quarantine | |
102 | Ship’s declaration of health | |
103 | Aircraft declaration [Repealed] | |
104 | Offences under last 2 preceding sections [Repealed] | |
105 | Ship arriving from infected place | |
106 | Ship with quarantinable disease on board | |
107 | Grant of pratique | |
108 | Persons suffering from quarantinable disease | |
109 | Infected baggage, cargo, or stores | |
110 | Disinfection and fumigation of craft | |
111 | Power to board any ship and inspect | |
112 | Offences | |
112AA | Sections 70 and 71 and this Part operate independently | |
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112A | Purpose | |
112B | Interpretation | |
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112C | Appointment of persons to operate NCSP | |
112D | Objectives of NCSP | |
112E | Enrolment in NCSP | |
112F | Duties of NCSP manager that relate to enrolled women | |
112G | Procedure to prevent or cancel enrolment in NCSP | |
112H | Duties of NCSP manager when women cancel enrolment in NCSP | |
112I | Procedure to re-enrol in NCSP | |
112J | Certain information held by NCSP must not be disclosed | |
112K | Delegation of functions and powers | |
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112L | Duties of persons taking specimens for screening tests | |
112M | Duty of persons performing colposcopic procedure | |
112N | Duty of laboratories where specimens are analysed | |
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112O | Establishment of NCSP review committee | |
112P | Work of review committee | |
112Q | Review committee’s access to information | |
112R | Report by review committee | |
112S | Duty of Director-General to report | |
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112T | Meaning of evaluate | |
112U | Director-General may designate screening programme evaluators | |
112V | Criteria for designating employees of Ministry | |
112W | Criteria for designating persons who are not Ministry employees | |
112X | Power of screening programme evaluators to access specimens and health information | |
112Y | Duties of screening programme evaluators | |
112Z | Duties of persons to whom evaluation material is supplied by screening programme evaluator | |
112ZA | Screening programme evaluator may publish non-identifiable information obtained during evaluation | |
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112ZB | Duty of health practitioners | |
112ZC | Duty of persons who hold specimens | |
112ZD | Duty of hospitals | |
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112ZE | Screening programme employees may retain, access, use, and disclose information to perform functions | |
112ZF | Regulations | |
112ZG | Incorporation of standards by reference in regulations | |
112ZH | Effect of amendments to, or replacement of, standards incorporated by reference in regulations | |
112ZI | Proof of standards incorporated by reference | |
112ZJ | Effect of expiry or revocation of standards incorporated by reference | |
112ZK | Requirement to consult | |
112ZL | Access to standards incorporated by reference | |
112ZM | Application of Legislation Act 2012 to standards incorporated by reference | |
112ZN | Application of Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 to standards incorporated by reference [Repealed] | |
112ZO | Application of Standards and Accreditation Act 2015 not affected | |
112ZP | Offences | |
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113 | Interpretation | |
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114 | Ban on providing artificial UV tanning services to persons under 18 years | |
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115 | Infringement offences | |
116 | Commission of infringement offences | |
116A | Infringement notices | |
116B | Payment of infringement fees | |
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117 | Regulations as to public health | |
118 | Regulations as to quarantine | |
119 | Regulations as to noxious substances and gases and dangerous goods | |
120 | Regulations as to registration | |
120A | Regulations as to homes and day-care centres for aged persons | |
120B | Regulations as to camping grounds | |
120C | Regulations as to housing improvement and overcrowding | |
121 | Regulations as to qualifications of environmental health officers appointed by local authorities | |
121A | Regulations as to retention of health information | |
122 | Special provisions as to regulations | |
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123 | Powers of Director-General on default by local authority | |
123A | Mandamus | |
124 | Constitution and powers of boards of appeal | |
125 | Medical examination of children | |
126 | Infirm and neglected persons | |
126A | Persons attempting to commit suicide [Repealed] | |
126B | Blood transfusions [Repealed] | |
127 | Attendance of medical officer of health at meetings of local authorities | |
128 | Power of entry and inspection | |
128A | Building Act 2004 | |
129 | Protection of persons acting under authority of Act | |
130 | Expenses of local authorities | |
131 | Service of documents | |
132 | Procedure in respect of charges on land | |
132A | Bursaries | |
133 | Obstruction of officers | |
134 | Failure to disclose name of owner or occupier | |
135 | Interference by owner or occupier | |
136 | General penalty for offences | |
137 | Offences punishable on summary conviction [Repealed] | |
137A | Incorporation of material by reference into regulations and compliance documents | |
137B | Effect of amendments to, or replacement of, material incorporated by reference | |
137C | Proof of material incorporated by reference | |
137D | Effect of expiry of material incorporated by reference | |
137E | Requirement to consult | |
137F | Access to material incorporated by reference | |
137G | Application of Legislation Act 2012 to material incorporated by reference | |
137H | Application of Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 to material incorporated by reference [Repealed] | |
138 | Other Acts not affected | |
139 | Consequential amendments | |
140 | Repeals and savings | |
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