This law is about keeping you and your community healthy. It brings together lots of different rules and laws about public health into one place. This makes it easier for people to understand what the laws are.
The law covers things that can affect your health, like diseases and infections. It also covers things that can help keep you healthy, like good food and clean water. You can find more information about specific health topics in other parts of the law, such as [links to other sections are not provided in the original text].
This law is important because it helps keep you and your community safe from things that can make you sick. It also helps make sure that people who are sick get the care they need. The law is in place to protect your health and wellbeing.
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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.
