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Health Act 1956

Infectious and notifiable diseases - Venereal disease

92: Infecting any person with venereal disease

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"Making someone get a venereal disease used to be against the law."

If you infect someone with a venereal disease, this used to be against the law. The law that said this is now repealed, which means it is no longer in force. It was repealed on 4 January 2017 by section 10 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016.

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Part 3Infectious and notifiable diseases
Venereal disease

92Infecting any person with venereal disease (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 92: repealed, on , by section 10 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 35).