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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions - Transitional provisions

84: Availability of interim standards and guidelines

You could also call this:

"Where to find important documents about assisted reproduction rules and guidelines"

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The law says this section is about some important documents. You can find these documents in a few different places. They are about notices, standards, and requirements issued under sections like section 82 and section 83. The Director-General of Health is in charge of making sure you can see these documents.

The Director-General of Health must make sure you can get these documents for free. You can look at them at the Ministry of Health office during work hours. You can also get copies of these documents at other places the Director-General of Health chooses.

The Director-General of Health has to make sure you can get these documents when you need them. You might be able to get them for free, or you might have to pay a small price for them. The Director-General of Health decides where you can get these documents and when you can get them.

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Part 4Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions

84Availability of interim standards and guidelines

  1. This section applies to the following documents:

  2. current notices issued under section 82:
    1. standards for the time being approved under section 82:
      1. current requirements issued under section 83:
        1. provisions required to be treated as guidelines under section 83.

          1. The Director-General of Health must ensure that there are—

          2. sufficient copies of the documents available for public inspection, free of charge, at the Head Office of the Ministry of Health during normal office hours; and
            1. sufficient copies of the documents available either for distribution free of charge or for purchase at a reasonable price during normal office hours at places designated by the Director-General of Health.