If material is included in the Health Act by reference and it expires or is revoked, it stops being part of the Act only if the Minister or the Director-General says so in a notice. You can find out more about what a notice is by looking at the Legislation Act 2019. This notice is like a special kind of law, but if the material is part of a compliance document, the Director-General must publish the notice in the Gazette.

If the material is included in a compliance document and expires or is revoked, the Director-General will let you know by publishing a notice in the Gazette. The notice will say that the material is no longer part of the Act. You can think of the Gazette like an official newspaper where important notices are published.

When the Minister or the Director-General publishes a notice, it is usually considered secondary legislation, which means it is a type of law that is made under another law. You can learn more about secondary legislation by reading Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This will help you understand how notices work and how they are published.