Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Amendment Act 1975
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Amendment Act 1975
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Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Amendment Act 1975
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Amendment Act 1975
Public Act |
1975 No 60 |
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Date of assent |
9 October 1975 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Amendment Act 1975, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Revocation of leave of absence
Section 20 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsections:
“(5)
On any application under subsection (2) of this section the Magistrate may, in his discretion, adjourn the determination of the application from time to time, for periods not exceeding 1 month at any one time and not exceeding 2 months in the aggregate, and may from time to time make such order as he thinks fit for the care, control, and detention of the person to whom the application relates pending the determination of the application.
“(6)
On any adjournment under subsection (5) of this section the Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, cause the person to whom the application relates to be examined by a medical practitioner during the period of the adjournment, and may indicate the matters on which he requires the opinion of any such medical practitioner, and the medical practitioner examining that person pursuant to this subsection shall, upon the completion of such examination, report in writing to the Magistrate with regard to the material facts and his opinion thereon.”
3 Fees payable to medical practitioners
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after section 38, the following section:
“38a
There shall be payable to medical practitioners, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, in respect of any certificates or reports in writing supplied by them to a Magistrate for the purposes of this Act, such fees as may be prescribed.”
(2)
Section 39 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (h) of subsection (1), after the word “forms”
, the words “and fees”
.
This Act is administered in the Department of Health.
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