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Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994

Health and Disability Commissioner

15: Director of Proceedings

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"The person who helps make fair decisions about health and disability complaints"

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The Health and Disability Commissioner chooses one of their employees to be the Director of Proceedings. You need to know that this person acts independently when doing their job under this Act. They make their own decisions without the Commissioner telling them what to do.

When the Director of Proceedings is working, they are still responsible to the Commissioner for managing their work efficiently. This means they have to make sure their work is done well, quickly, and without wasting money. The Commissioner checks on this to ensure it is happening.

There is a rule that says you cannot be the Director of Proceedings and have another special job under section 24(1) at the same time. This rule is in place to avoid conflicts of interest and to ensure that each job is done properly. The Director of Proceedings has to focus on their own work without other responsibilities getting in the way.

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Part 1Health and Disability Commissioner

15Director of Proceedings

  1. For the purposes of this Act, the Commissioner shall from time to time designate one of its employees as the Director of Proceedings.

  2. In exercising or performing the powers, duties, and functions of the Director of Proceedings under this Act, the person for the time being designated under subsection (1) shall not be responsible to the Commissioner but shall act independently.

  3. Nothing in subsection (2) limits the responsibility of the Director of Proceedings to the Commissioner for the efficient, effective, and economical management of the activities of the Director of Proceedings.

  4. No person shall hold, at the same time, a designation under subsection (1) and a designation under section 24(1).

Notes
  • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).