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Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Bill

1: Title

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"What this new law is called"

Illustration for Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Bill

This new law might be called the Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Act 2025. The year 2025 could change. This is the name they want to give to the new rules about helping people who have taken too many drugs.

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This page was last updated on 18 September 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1513073.

Topics:

Health and wellbeing > Public healthCrime and justice > Police and safety

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"What each part of the bill does"

2: Commencement, or

"When this law starts working"

1Title

This Act is the Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Act 2025.