Medicines Act 1981

Application and administration of Act - Administration

15: Appointment of officers

You could also call this:

"People can be chosen to help with the Medicines Act 1981 as special officers."

You can have officers appointed to help with the Medicines Act 1981. These officers are appointed under the Public Service Act 2020. The Director-General can appoint people to be officers. You can be appointed as an officer even if you are not a public service officer. The Director-General can appoint you to work full-time or part-time. You can be appointed to work on specific tasks or for a certain period. If you are appointed as an officer, you can get paid for your work. The Director-General decides how much you get paid. Being an appointed officer does not mean you are a public service employee under the Public Service Act 2020 or the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

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Part 1Application and administration of Act
Administration

15Appointment of officers

There may from time to time be appointed under the Public Service Act 2020 such officers as are required for the purposes of this Act.
The Director-General may from time to time appoint any person, not being an officer of the public service, as an officer, either in a part- or full-time capacity, for the purposes of this Act.
Any appointment under subsection (2) may be made either generally for the purposes of this Act or for any specified purpose, or for the exercise of any specified power or function of an officer under this Act, or for any specified period; and may be made in respect of New Zealand generally or in respect of any specified area or areas.
There may be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose to any person appointed under subsection (2) such remuneration as may be fixed by the Director-General.
No person appointed under subsection (2) shall be deemed by reason of that appointment to be employed in the service of the Sovereign for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 or the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

Compare

1960 No 97 s 7
1969 No 7 s 19
1979 No 27 s 9

Notes

Section 15(1): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 15(1): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 32 of the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 (1993 No 23).
Section 15(2): substituted, on 1 July 1993, by section 32 of the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 (1993 No 23).
Section 15(2): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 15(4): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 32 of the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 (1993 No 23).
Section 15(5): editorial change made by the PCO, on 5 August 2024, under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
Section 15(5): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).