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Health Act 1956

Miscellaneous provisions

137F: Access to material incorporated by reference

You could also call this:

"Getting access to extra information mentioned in the Health Act"

The Director-General must make certain material available for you to look at for free during working hours at the Ministry's office in Wellington. You can also buy copies of this material at a reasonable price at any of the Ministry's offices. The Director-General can also make this material available in other ways, such as on an Internet website.

The material includes things that are referred to in the Health Act or in other instruments, as well as any changes or replacements to this material. If the material is not in an official New Zealand language, the Director-General must also make an accurate translation available.

The Director-General must tell you in the Gazette that this material is available, where you can find it, and how you can get a copy. If the Director-General does not do what they are supposed to do, it does not mean that the instrument that incorporates the material is not valid.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

137FAccess to material incorporated by reference

  1. The Director-General—

  2. must make the material referred to in subsection (2) (material) available for inspection during working hours free of charge at the Ministry's office in Wellington; and
    1. must make copies of the material available for purchase at a reasonable price at all of the Ministry's offices; and
      1. may make copies of the material available in any other way that the Director-General considers appropriate in the circumstances (for example, on an Internet website); and
        1. must give notice in the Gazette stating that—
          1. the material is incorporated in an instrument and the date on which the instrument was made; and
            1. the material is available for inspection during working hours, free of charge, at the Ministry's office in Wellington and the location of that office; and
              1. copies of the material can be purchased at all of the Ministry's offices and the location of those offices; and
                1. if copies of the material are made available under paragraph (c), the material is available in other ways and the details of where or how it can be accessed or obtained.

                2. The material is—

                3. material incorporated by reference in this Act or in an instrument:
                  1. any amendment to, or replacement of, that material that is incorporated in the instrument or the material referred to in paragraph (a) with the amendments or replacement material incorporated:
                    1. if the material referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is not in an official New Zealand language, as well as the material itself, an accurate translation in an official New Zealand language of the material.

                      1. A failure to comply with this section does not invalidate an instrument that incorporates material by reference.

                      Notes
                      • Section 137F: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 92).