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Human Rights Act 1993

Resolution of disputes about compliance with Part 1A and Part 2

78: Method of providing services

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You can get services under section 77 in different ways. Services can be provided by phone, internet, or email. They can also be provided through pamphlets or by specialists who help resolve problems.

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Part 3Resolution of disputes about compliance with Part 1A and Part 2

78Method of providing services

  1. Services provided under section 77 may be provided in any manner, including—

  2. by a telephone, facsimile, internet, or email service (whether as a means of explaining where information can be found or as a means of actually providing the information or of otherwise seeking to resolve the problem); or
    1. by publishing pamphlets, brochures, booklets, or codes; or
      1. by specialists who—
        1. respond to requests or themselves identify how, where, and when their services can best support the object of this Part; or
          1. provide their services in the manner, and at the time and place that is, most likely to resolve the problem or dispute in question; or
            1. provide their services in all of the ways described in this paragraph.

            Notes
            • Section 78: substituted, on , by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).