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Health Act 1956

Administration - Ministry of Health

3E: Public Health Agency

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"The Public Health Agency helps keep people healthy by leading and advising on health matters."

The Ministry of Health has a division called the Public Health Agency. You will find employees of the Ministry working in the Public Health Agency, and the Director-General decides who they are. The Public Health Agency has two main jobs: to lead the public health sector and to advise the Director-General on public health matters, including personal health and regulatory issues. The Public Health Agency's work does not limit what other laws or rules say, or what the Ministry or other people and groups can do. The Public Health Agency is part of the Ministry of Health, and it was set up to help keep people healthy.

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Part 1Administration
Ministry of Health

3EPublic Health Agency

  1. There shall be a division of the Ministry called the Public Health Agency.

  2. The Public Health Agency shall consist of such employees of the Ministry as the Director-General from time to time determines.

  3. The functions of the Public Health Agency are—

  4. to provide systems leadership across the public health sector; and
    1. to advise the Director-General on matters relating to public health, including—
      1. personal health matters relating to public health; and
        1. regulatory and strategic matters relating to public health.

        2. Nothing in this section—

        3. limits any other enactment or rule of law; or
          1. limits the functions of the Ministry or of any other person or body.

            Notes
            • Section 3E: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Health and Disability Services Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 84).
            • Section 3E heading: amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
            • Section 3E(1): amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
            • Section 3E(2): amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
            • Section 3E(3): replaced, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).