Health Act 1956

Administration - Ministry of Health

8: Conservation of public health in areas outside jurisdiction of local authorities

You could also call this:

"Ministry keeps you healthy in areas without local councils"

The Ministry looks after public health in areas outside local authority control. You live in an area that is not controlled by a local authority, the Ministry is in charge of keeping you healthy. The Ministry has the power to make decisions to keep you healthy.

The Ministry's powers are used by the Director-General or other officers who work for the Ministry. They make sure you have good health services. The Governor-General can make regulations to help the Ministry do its job, and these regulations can be based on other regulations made under the Health Act.

If you own or live on land in one of these areas, you might have to pay a fee to help the Ministry cover its costs. This fee is like a charge for the services the Ministry provides to keep you healthy. The Ministry gets its money from Parliament to pay for these services. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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7A: Medical officers of health and other officers, or

"Who helps keep New Zealanders healthy and safe: medical officers and other health workers"

9: Delegation of powers by Minister, or

"The Minister of Health can give tasks to others, but this power was stopped in 1993."

Part 1Administration
Ministry of Health

8Conservation of public health in areas outside jurisdiction of local authorities

The improvement, promotion, and protection of public health in any outlying islands or other areas that are not for the time being within the jurisdiction of any local authority or of any harbour board shall be a function of the Ministry, which for the purposes of this section shall be deemed to be a local authority.
The powers of the Ministry for the purposes of this section shall be exercisable by the Director-General or by any other officer or officers of the Ministry acting with the authority of the Director-General.
The Governor-General may by Order in Council make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to this section, and by any such Order in Council may apply, with the necessary modifications, any other regulations made under this Act.
Any regulations made for the purposes of this section may prescribe reasonable fees to be payable by the owners or occupiers of lands within any area over which the Ministry has jurisdiction in accordance with this section, for the purpose of recouping the expenditure incurred by the Ministry in the exercise of its functions in such areas. All fees payable in accordance with such regulations shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown. For the purposes of this subsection, the term occupier, in relation to any land, includes a person in temporary occupation thereof, whether or not that person is in occupation as of right.
Subject to the provisions of this section and to any regulations for the time being in force thereunder, all expenses incurred by the Ministry in the exercise of its powers and functions under this section shall be paid out of money to be appropriated by Parliament.
Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 8(1): amended, on 22 January 1996, by section 3(3) of the Health and Disability Services Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 84).
Section 8(1): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 5 of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).
Section 8(2): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 5 of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).
Section 8(4): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 5 of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).
Section 8(5): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 5 of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).
Section 8(6): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).