Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016

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Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016

Public Act		2016 No 35
Date of assent		4 July 2016
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
	Part 1 Infectious diseases
	Notification
4	Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
5	Section 7A amended (Medical officers of health and other officers)
6	Section 22C amended (Disclosure of health information)
7	Section 74 amended (Medical practitioners to give notice of cases of notifiable disease)
8	Section 74AA amended (Medical laboratories to give notice of cases of notifiable disease)
	Management of infectious diseases
9	Section 79 repealed (Isolation of persons likely to spread infectious disease)
10	Sections 88 to 92 and cross-heading above section 88 repealed
11	New Part 3A inserted
		Part 3A Management of infectious diseases
		Subpart 1—Overarching principles
	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
		Subpart 2—Directions
	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
		General provisions concerning directions and notices
	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	92S	Directions may be varied or rescinded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
		Compliance with directions
	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
		Subpart 3—Orders
		Public health orders
	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
		Urgent public health orders
	92ZF	Medical officer of health may make urgent public health order
	92ZG	Duration of urgent public health order
		Medical examination orders and orders concerning contacts
	92ZH	Medical examination orders
	92ZI	District Court may make public health order contingent on examinations establishing infectious disease
	92ZJ	Order for contacts
		Proceedings
	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
		General provisions concerning orders
	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
		Subpart 4—Appeals and enforcement
	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
		Subpart 5—Contact tracing
	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
12	Section 117 amended (Regulations as to public health)
13	Section 125 amended (Medical examination of children)
14	Schedule 1 amended
	Consequential repeal and revocations
15	Repeal of Tuberculosis Act 1948
16	Revocation of Tuberculosis Regulations 1951
17	Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 amended
18	Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966 amended
19	Revocation of Venereal Diseases Regulations 1982
20	District Courts Rules 2014 amended
21	Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005 amended
	Part 2 Artificial UV tanning services
22	New Part 5 inserted
		Part 5 Artificial UV tanning services
		Preliminary provision
	113	Interpretation
		Ban on provision of services to persons under 18 years
	114	Ban on providing artificial UV tanning services to persons under 18 years
		Infringement offences
	115	Infringement offences
	116	Commission of infringement offences
	116A	Infringement notices
	116B	Payment of infringement fees
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