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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| 4 | Department of Health [Repealed] | |
| 5 | Director-General of Health [Repealed] | |
| 5A | Deputy Directors-General and Assistant Directors-General of Health [Repealed] | |
| 5B | Delegation of powers by Director-General [Repealed] | |
| 6 | Other officers and employees [Repealed] | |
| 6A | Part-time deputy medical officers of health [Repealed] | |
| 7 | Principal functions of Department [Repealed] | |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| 9 | Delegation of powers by Minister [Repealed] | |
| 9A | Advisory committees and subcommittees [Repealed] | |
| 10 | Annual report [Repealed] | |
| [Repealed] | |
| 11 | Board of Health [Repealed] | |
| 11A | Chairman and deputy chairman [Repealed] | |
| 12 | Remuneration and travelling allowances [Repealed] | |
| 13 | Meetings and procedure of Board [Repealed] | |
| 14 | Seal of Board [Repealed] | |
| 15 | Secretary to Board [Repealed] | |
| 16 | Functions of Board [Repealed] | |
| 17 | Board may be appointed as a commission of inquiry [Repealed] | |
| 18 | Committees of Board [Repealed] | |
| 18A | Ad hoc subcommittees [Repealed] | |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| 20 | Medical officer of health for every health district [Repealed] | |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| 22A | Powers of departmental officers under Factories and Commercial Premises Act 1981 [Repealed] | |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 | |
| [Repealed] | |
| 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 | |
| [Repealed] | |
| 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 | |
| [Repealed] | |
| 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 | |
| [Repealed] | |
| 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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