Health Act 1956

Regulations

121: Regulations as to qualifications of environmental health officers appointed by local authorities

You could also call this:

"Qualifications needed to be an environmental health officer"

The law says regulations can decide what qualifications you need to be an environmental health officer. You need to have certain qualifications to work as an environmental health officer for a local authority. Regulations can also say what qualifications you need if you are still training to be an environmental health officer.

Regulations can prescribe different qualifications for people who are fully qualified and those who are still on probation. You might be employed on probation if you are not fully qualified as an environmental health officer. Regulations can also decide the conditions for people who are not fully qualified to work on probation.

Regulations made under the Health Act 1956 can include rules about the qualifications of environmental health officers. You can find more information about the Health Amendment Act 1988 on the New Zealand legislation website. The law is in place to ensure that environmental health officers have the right qualifications to do their job.

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120C: Regulations as to housing improvement and overcrowding, or

"Rules to keep homes safe, healthy, and not too crowded"

121A: Regulations as to retention of health information, or

"Rules for keeping and protecting your health information and body samples"

Part 6Regulations

121Regulations as to qualifications of environmental health officers appointed by local authorities

Regulations made under this Act may prescribe the qualifications to be possessed by persons appointed by local authorities as environmental health officers for the purposes of this Act.
Any such regulations may prescribe the qualifications of fully qualified environmental health officers, and may prescribe different qualifications for persons appointed on probation and undergoing training as environmental health officers.
Any such regulations may prescribe conditions subject to which persons who are not fully qualified as environmental health officers may be employed on probation.

Notes

Section 121 heading: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Section 121(1): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Section 121(2): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Section 121(3): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).