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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes - Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

256: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

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"Changes to the law about health practitioners to match new search and surveillance rules"

This section changes the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. You can find the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 on the New Zealand legislation website. It updates some parts of the law to refer to the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 instead of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

The law says that someone authorised by the Director-General of Health can apply for a search warrant under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. This person can do this even if they are not a police officer. The Search and Surveillance Act 2012 has rules about search warrants, and most of these rules apply in this situation.

Some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 do not apply, such as sections 118 and 119. The law also updates section 10 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 to refer to the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find more information about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website.

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Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

256Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

  1. This section amends the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

  2. Section 10(1) is amended by omitting section 198 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and substituting section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

  3. Section 10 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

  4. A person who is authorised in writing by the Director-General of Health to apply for search warrants in relation to the offences referred to in subsection (1) may apply for such a warrant under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 as if that person were a constable.

  5. Section 10 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

  6. The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except sections 118 and 119) apply.

  7. Section 10(3) is amended by—

  8. omitting section 199 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and substituting subpart 6 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012; and
    1. omitting from paragraph (a) section 199 of that Act and substituting subpart 6 of Part 4 of that Act.

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