This law is about keeping people healthy. It brings together and updates rules about public health. You can think of public health as the things that help keep you and your community well. The law covers many areas that affect your health. It is meant to help prevent illnesses and diseases from spreading. This law is important because it helps keep you and your community safe.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM305839.
1: Short Title and commencement, or
"What the Health Act 1956 is called and when it started"
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 Act is administered by the Ministry of Health.
