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Health Act 1956

Administration - Personal information

22E: Duty to provide information for purposes of blood collection

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"The government can ask for health information to help with blood collection and must say how to share it."

The Minister can ask Health New Zealand to give some information to a certain group at any time. This information is about health and is specified by the Minister in a written notice. You can find out what kind of health information this is by looking at section 22B or section 63 of the Human Tissue Act 2008. The Minister decides how Health New Zealand gives this information. The information must be given to a group that was chosen under section 63 of the Human Tissue Act 2008.

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Part 1Administration
Personal information

22EDuty to provide information for purposes of blood collection

  1. The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing, require Health New Zealand to provide to an entity appointed under section 63 of the Human Tissue Act 2008, in such manner as the Minister specifies in the notice, such information as is specified in the notice, being health information of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) of the definition of that term in section 22B.

Notes
  • Section 22E: replaced, on , by section 2 of the Health Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 86).
  • Section 22E: amended, on , by section 43 of the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 5).
  • Section 22E: amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
  • Section 22E: amended, on , by section 92 of the Human Tissue Act 2008 (2008 No 28).