The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This notice is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Pursuant to section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998 (and, in relation to clauses 7 and 8, pursuant also to section 218 of that Act), the Minister of Research, Science and Technology gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Notice 2000.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 20 October 2000.

3 Definition

In this notice, principal Act means the Land Transport Act 1998.

4 Laboratory approved for analysing blood specimens and oral fluid samples

The laboratory of the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science Limited situated at Kenepuru Drive, Porirua is approved for the purposes of analysing blood specimens and oral fluid samples taken for the purposes of the principal Act.

Clause 4 heading: amended, on 15 December 2025, by clause 4(1) of the Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2025 (SL 2025/266).

Clause 4: amended, on 15 December 2025, by clause 4(2) of the Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2025 (SL 2025/266).

Clause 4: editorial changes made by the PCO, on 4 August 2025, under sections 86(1) and 87(c) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).

5 Laboratory approved for supply of blood specimen collecting kits

The laboratory of the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science Limited situated at Kenepuru Drive, Porirua is approved for the purpose of supplying or causing to be supplied blood specimen collecting kits.

Clause 5: editorial changes made by the PCO, on 4 August 2025, under sections 86(1) and 87(c) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).

6 Analyst in charge

Matthew Robert Hosking is designated as the analyst in charge of the approved laboratory referred to in clause 4.

Clause 6: amended, on 11 October 2021, by clause 4 of the Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2021 (LI 2021/309).

7 Withdrawal of approvals of laboratory

The following approvals are withdrawn:

(a)

the approval of the laboratory of the Institute of Environmental and Research Science Limited at Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt as an approved laboratory for the purposes of analysing blood specimens taken for the purposes of the principal Act, effected by clause 2 of the Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Notice 1993 (which notice, by virtue of section 218(2) of the principal Act, is to be treated as a notice under section 2 of the principal Act); and

(b)

the approval of that laboratory as an approved laboratory for the purpose of supplying or causing to be supplied blood specimen collecting kits, effected by clause 3 of that notice.

8 Consequential revocations

The following notices are revoked:

(a)

Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Notice 1993 (SR 1993/375):

(b)

Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 1999 (SR 1999/16):

(c)

Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2000 (SR 2000/126).

9 Saving

(1)

This subclause applies to a package if—

(a)

it is a package having endorsed on it or affixed to it or included in it a label indicating that it is a blood specimen collecting kit and that it has been supplied by or on behalf of a laboratory for the time being approved by the Minister of Research, Science and Technology (whether under that title, or under the title of Science Minister) for the purpose of supplying or causing to be supplied blood specimen collecting kits; and

(b)

the label was endorsed on it or affixed to it or included in it before the commencement of this notice.

(2)

The status as a blood specimen collecting kit within the meaning of section 2(1) of the principal Act of any package to which subclause (1) applies is not intended to be affected by—

(a)

the withdrawal of approval effected by clause 7; or

(b)

the revocations effected by clause 8.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of August 2000.

Pete Hodgson,
Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 August 2000.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Notice 2000 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2025 (SL 2025/266)

Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Amendment Notice 2021 (LI 2021/309)

Land Transport (Approved Laboratory and Analyst in Charge) Notice 2000