Health and Disability (Division of Southern DHB into Constituencies) Order 2010

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Health and Disability (Division of Southern DHB into Constituencies) Order 2010

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 29th day of March 2010

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 19(3) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Health and Disability (Division of Southern DHB into Constituencies) Order 2010.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on the close of 30 April 2010.

3 Interpretation

  • In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    board means the board of Southern DHB

    election purposes means for the purposes of an election to elect the elective members of the board of Southern DHB

    local government area has the meaning given to it by section 5(1) of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

4 Division of Southern DHB into constituencies for election purposes
5 Number of members to be elected to board of Southern DHB from each constituency

  • (1) The number of members that are to be elected to the board by the Otago constituency is 4.

    (2) The number of members that are to be elected to the board by the Southland constituency is 3.

6 Boundaries of Otago constituency

  • The Otago constituency includes within its boundaries the local government areas of Central Otago District, Clutha District, Dunedin City, Queenstown-Lakes District (Wanaka Ward only), and Waitaki District.

7 Boundaries of Southland constituency

  • The Southland constituency includes within its boundaries the local government areas of Gore District, Invercargill City, Queenstown-Lakes District (Arrowtown and Queenstown Wakatipu Wards only), and Southland District.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on the close of 30 April 2010, divides the newly established Southern DHB into 2 constituencies for the purposes of an election to elect members to its board.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 April 2010.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.