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Health and wellbeing

This page contains different parts of laws about Health and wellbeing.

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Sentencing Act 2002

Injury cover for people serving home detention sentences

80ZF: Application of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to persons serving home detention sentence

Sentencing Act 2002

Getting a sentence doesn't change your right to agree to or refuse medical treatment.

146: Consent to treatment, etc, not affected

Parole Act 2002

Rules for offenders in hospital or a secure facility

10: Application to offenders detained in hospital or secure facility

Parole Act 2002

Activities or placements to help you, like counselling or education, while on parole

16: Programmes

Immigration Act 2009

Special rules when there's a big sickness outbreak

Immigration Act 2009

Changes to court appearances during epidemics

338: Modification during epidemic of requirements to bring people before District Court Judge

Immigration Act 2009

Sharing information between immigration and health departments to check health service eligibility

300: Information matching to determine eligibility or liability to pay for services

Immigration Act 2009

Changes to the rules because of the COVID-19 outbreak

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

What special words mean in the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

4: Interpretation

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Lifeline utilities must plan to keep working during emergencies and help with emergency planning and advice.

60: Duties of lifeline utilities

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Important services like power, water, and phone networks that people need every day

Schedule 1: Lifeline utilities

Local Government Act 2002

This part explains the rules and duties for local councils about water, parks, and libraries

123: Outline of Part

Local Government Act 2002

What special words mean in this law

124: Interpretation

Local Government Act 2002

Councils must check if everyone has safe water to drink

125: Requirement to assess drinking water services

Local Government Act 2002

What to do after checking a community's drinking water

126: Requirements following assessment of community drinking water service

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for deciding when to close a water service

134: Criteria for closure of water service

Local Government Act 2002

How the law about stopping water services changed

194: Power to stop water services

Local Government Act 2002

Local authorities control what happens to sewage and waste from businesses.

Local Government Act 2002

Rules about putting poo and other waste into big pipes

195: Discharge of sewage

Local Government Act 2002

Councils had to check their water and cleaning services for the first time by mid-2005

285: First assessment of water and sanitary services

Local Government Act 2002

Signs that tell you where you can't drink alcohol in public

147C: Signage for areas in which bylaws for alcohol control purposes apply

Local Government Act 2002

Food safety rules are more important than local council rules

152A: Effect of Food Act 2014 on bylaws

Local Government Act 2002

This old rule about telling people things during COVID-19 is no longer used

5A: Temporary definition of public notice as result of outbreak of COVID-19

Local Government Act 2002

Councils must ensure you have safe drinking water if your supplier is having big problems

127: Duty to ensure communities have access to drinking water if existing suppliers facing significant problems

Local Government Act 2002

Checking if your area's wastewater and cleaning services are working well

128: Requirement to assess wastewater and other sanitary services

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits for people who pay others to provide ACC-funded rehabilitation services

LB 8: Tax credits related to personal service rehabilitation payments: payers

Income Tax Act 2007

Money for disability help is tax-free

CW 52B: Disability support services

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for trusts that only support people with disabilities

HC 39: Trustee income: disabled beneficiary trusts

Gambling Act 2003

The Lotteries Commission's main jobs are to run lotteries, make money for good causes, and keep people safe from problem gambling.

238: Functions of Lotteries Commission

Gambling Act 2003

Help for problem gamblers: venues can stop you from gambling if they think it's hurting you

309: Exclusion order may be issued to problem gambler identified under section 308

Gambling Act 2003

Helping people affected by problem gambling through a special plan

317: Integrated problem gambling strategy focused on public health

Gambling Act 2003

Creating a plan to help people with gambling problems

318: Process for developing integrated problem gambling strategy

Gambling Act 2003

People in charge must report how they spend problem gambling money each year

324: Accountability

Gambling Act 2003

A group that used to help with gambling problems

325: Problem gambling committee

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for companies with a class 4 venue licence to follow all the time

69A: Continuing obligations of corporate society in relation to class 4 venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

Helping problem gamblers is your duty if you work in a gambling venue and think someone needs assistance.

309A: Duty to assist problem gambler if ongoing concern exists

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Entering a place with a warrant to find and remove harmful things

185: Powers of entry with warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the Food Act 1981 to improve it.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Food Act 1981 to update food laws and include new search rules

253: Amendments to Food Act 1981

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the law that helps keep health workers competent and safe.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the law about health practitioners to match new search and surveillance rules

256: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the law about helping people have babies using technology

257: Amendments to Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the law about human tissue.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the law that protects people from radiation

294: Amendments to Radiation Protection Act 1965

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the Health Act 1956.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Health Act 1956 to update some rules

330: Health Act 1956 amended

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Rules for medical checks and permissions before new laws start

27Q: Transitional provisions

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Keeping You Safe from Harmful Smoking and Vaping Products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What the law is called and when it started

1: Title and commencement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What words in the Smokefree Environments Act mean

2: Interpretation

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The government must follow this law too

3: Act binds the Crown

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for Smoking and Vaping

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

This part is about keeping workplaces and public areas smokefree and vapefree.

4: Purposes of this Part

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping allowed at work

5: Smoking and vaping in workplaces prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Employers can allow smoking or vaping in work vehicles if all users agree in writing.

5A: Employer may permit smoking or vaping in vehicle with consent of users

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Smoking and vaping are allowed in special rooms at hospitals, rest homes, and disability care institutions if they have good ventilation.

6: Dedicated rooms in hospital care institutions, residential disability care institutions, and rest homes

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What bosses must do to keep their workplace smokefree

7: Duties of employer

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping allowed at schools or kindergarten

7A: Smoking and vaping prohibited at schools and early childhood education and care centres

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping allowed on planes with paying passengers

8: Smoking and vaping prohibited on aircraft

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping is allowed in vehicles that take people from one place to another.

9: Smoking and vaping restricted in passenger service vehicles

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping in travel terminals and waiting areas

11: Smoking and vaping prohibited in certain travel premises

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping allowed inside places that sell alcohol, and sometimes outside too.

12: Smoking and vaping on licensed premises

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping inside restaurants

13: Smoking and vaping in restaurants

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping is allowed in most parts of casinos.

13A: Smoking and vaping in casinos

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No smoking or vaping allowed in gaming machine venues.

13B: Smoking and vaping in certain gaming machine venues

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Vaping is allowed in some special shops if they follow the rules and keep kids out.

14: Specialist vape retailers and vaping in approved vaping premises exempt

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What to do if someone is smoking or vaping at work when they shouldn't be

15: Complaints relating to smoking or vaping in workplace

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Telling the Director-General about smoking or vaping rule breaks

16: Complaints to Director-General

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking smoking and vaping rules is against the law

17: Offences in respect of smoking and vaping

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking smoking and vaping rules can cost you a fine of up to $4,000 or $400.

17A: Penalties

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What happens if someone breaks the smoking and vaping rules

18: Prosecution of offences

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People who follow the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act are protected.

19: Protection of persons acting under authority of Act

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Councils can make their own rules to protect people from tobacco smoke

20: Saving of powers to make bylaws

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

This law does not change workplace health and safety rules.

20A: Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 not affected

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for Smoking Products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

This part of the law was removed in 2020, so it no longer exists.

21: Purpose of this Part

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about promoting and advertising smoking products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about advertising tobacco products are no longer in place

22: Advertising of tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about who can advertise smoking and vaping products

23: Exemptions from advertising prohibition for retailers, vending machines, and Internet sellers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No tobacco signs or products can be shown in shops or vending machines.

23A: Display of tobacco products in or from sales outlets or vending machines generally prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Temporary rules for promoting products stopped after 12 months

23B: Transitional exemption regulations expire 12 months after section 23A comes into force

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No tobacco ads on non-tobacco goods or sponsored events

24: Use of trade marks, etc, on goods other than tobacco products, or in relation to sponsored events

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No tobacco branding at events

25: Sponsoring activity involving use of trade mark, etc, of tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some people are allowed to smoke at special events

26: Exemptions for participants in certain events

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some big sports events used to have special smokefree rules, but this law is no longer in effect.

26A: Exemption for multinational sporting events

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Emergency rules for boats and ships about smoking and vaping

27: Exemption for craft in emergencies

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No freebies or rewards for certain products

28: Free distribution and rewards prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No advertising tobacco as chewable.

29: Tobacco product not to be advertised or labelled as suitable for chewing, etc

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about selling and messaging for smoking products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You can't sell tobacco with other things

29A: Sale of tobacco products with other products prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No vending machines for smoking products

29B: Restriction on use of automatic vending machines

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Sellers can't sell or deliver tobacco or herbal smoking products to people under 18.

30: Sale, and sellers' arranging or effecting delivery, of tobacco products and herbal smoking products to people under 18 prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

It's against the law to give tobacco or herbal smoking products to kids under 18.

30AA: Supplying tobacco products or herbal smoking products to people under 18 prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Courts can stop people who break tobacco sales rules more than once from selling tobacco products.

30AB: Certain repeat offenders may be ordered not to sell tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about selling small amounts of some tobacco products

30A: Restrictions on sale of certain tobacco products in small quantities

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules to limit bad stuff in smoking products

31: Limits on harmful constituents

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about messages on tobacco products

32: Messages and information required for tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for information on herbal smoking products

32AA: Messages and information required for herbal smoking products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People must test and report on smoking products and send the results to the government.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Testing harmful substances in products every year

33: Annual testing for constituents

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The boss of health can ask for more product tests to keep you safe

34: Director-General may require further testing

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Old law about sending back information and making reports is no longer used

35: Returns and reports

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking the rules about smoking products is against the law.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking the rules about selling tobacco and herbal smoking products is against the law

36: Offences in respect of tobacco products and herbal smoking products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Banned toys that look like tobacco products

36A: Toy tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules to make sure people follow the Smokefree Environments law

37: Enforcement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Who gets in trouble when someone breaks the smoking and vaping rules at work?

38: Liability of employees, employers, agents, and principals

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Other important rules about smoking products.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules that are no longer part of the Smokefree Environments law

39: Regulations

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules that helped change the law, but are not used anymore

40: Transitional provisions

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Changes to the law: what's been updated, removed, or cancelled

41: Amendment, repeals, and revocations

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Enforcement Officer Rules

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Inspectors can enter places to check smokefree and vaping rules are being followed

41A: Powers of entry and inspection

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You must give your details when asked, but note this law has been repealed.

41B: Requirement to give identifying information

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What enforcement officers can do under the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act

41C: Purposes for which powers may be used

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What enforcement officers must do to help keep our environment smokefree

41D: Duties of enforcement officers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What happens if you mistreat a smokefree enforcement officer on the job

41E: Offences in respect of enforcement officers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

How the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 is enforced, or made sure people follow the rules.

41F: Enforcement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Health Sponsorship Rules

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What 'sponsorship' means in the law about smokefree environments

42: Meaning of sponsorship

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

A group called the Health Sponsorship Council was set up to help keep people healthy.

43: Council established

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The main jobs of the Health Sponsorship Council

44: Principal functions of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Who is on the Health Sponsorship Council team

45: Membership of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

How long Council members used to be in their job

46: Term of office of members of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about Health Sponsorship Council meetings

47: Meetings of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People making decisions must not have personal interests that clash with their job

48: Conflict of interest

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The council must choose a main boss, called a chief executive.

49: Council to appoint chief executive

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Staff working for the Health Sponsorship Council, apart from main workers

50: Other staff

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Councils can choose helpers to give advice and technical know-how.

51: Council may appoint advisory and technical committees

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Council can ask experts for help when they need it.

52: Council may co-opt specialist advice

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Pay for people on the Health Sponsorship Council and its committees

53: Remuneration and allowances for members of Council and committees

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The Health Sponsorship Council pays its staff and expenses from its own money.

54: Salaries, etc, to be paid out of funds of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What the Health Sponsorship Council is allowed to do

55: Powers of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The Minister can give the Health Sponsorship Council instructions on what to do.

57: Minister may give Council directions

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The Health Sponsorship Council must send its yearly budget and plans to the Minister for approval.

58: Council to submit annual budget and plans for Minister's approval

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The council's money rules

59: Funds of Council

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Keeping track of money for the Health Sponsorship Council

62: Accounts

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

A Crown entity is an organisation that works for the government.

62A: Crown entity

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The Health Sponsorship Council must write a yearly report on its work.

63: Annual reports

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Changes to the Films Act 1983 to help keep environments smokefree

65: Films Act 1983 amended

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about sponsoring events with special tobacco deals

25A: Sponsoring activity involving exclusive supply arrangement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

This law helps keep you safe from smoking and vaping harms.

3A: Purposes of this Act

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Agreements that break the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act are not allowed

28A: Arrangements conflicting with Act have no effect

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking smokefree rules can be an infringement offence

38A: Infringement offences

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking smokefree and vaping rules can lead to penalties

38B: Commission of infringement offences

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Getting a fine for breaking the smokefree rules

38C: Infringement notices

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Paying a fine for breaking smokefree rules

38D: Payment of infringement fees

Resource Management Act 1991

This part used to explain who could be part of the group that helps keep people safe from dangerous things, but it's not used anymore.

348: Membership of Commission

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules to keep New Zealand's water clean and safe for different uses

Schedule 3: Water quality classes

Resource Management Act 1991

Farms over a certain size or with specific types of land use must have a special plan to protect freshwater.

217D: Farm must have certified freshwater farm plan if it meets land use threshold

Resource Management Act 1991

This law explains what a farmer must include in their plan to protect water and nature on their farm.

217F: Contents of freshwater farm plan

Resource Management Act 1991

This part helps track efforts to make water cleaner by gathering information about fertiliser sales.

217N: Purpose of this Part

Resource Management Act 1991

This law explains what plant food with nitrogen in it means when talking about how it affects water and nature.

217O: Nitrogenous fertiliser defined

Resource Management Act 1991

People must follow rules about sharing information on fertiliser sales to help protect water.

217P: Obligation to comply with regulations

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules about recording and sharing information when farmers buy fertiliser to help protect water

217Q: Regulations relating to sales information on nitrogenous fertiliser

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules for checking how activities might affect drinking water sources

104G: Consideration of activities affecting drinking water supply source water

Child Support Act 1991

Changes made to a law about helping people hurt in accidents

Corrections Act 2004

Keeping prisoners in jail longer if there's a disease outbreak

179A: Detention of prisoners eligible for release during outbreak or spread of infectious disease

Corrections Act 2004

No compensation is paid if you're held in prison for health reasons.

179B: No compensation for detention in prison under Health Act 1956

Corrections Act 2004

Prisons must have doctors to care for sick or hurt prisoners

20: Medical officers

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff must check new prisoners are safe and healthy, and help them if they need it.

49: Prisoners must be assessed on reception and have needs addressed

Corrections Act 2004

Keeping a prisoner alone for health checks and care

60: Segregation for purpose of medical oversight

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners must get healthy food and drink that meets their needs

72: Diet

Corrections Act 2004

Getting medical help and staying healthy while in prison

Corrections Act 2004

Dealing with alcohol and drug problems

Corrections Act 2004

Plan to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems must be made by the chief executive.

123: Chief executive must issue drug and alcohol strategy

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners might have to take a drug or alcohol test if they break rules or are chosen randomly.

124: Prisoner may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test

Corrections Act 2004

Health records in the corrections system

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff must keep prisoners' health records safe and separate from other prison records.

165: Health records

Corrections Act 2004

Plan to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems

234: Drug and alcohol strategy issued under section 36B of Penal Institutions Act 1954

Corrections Act 2004

Rules about smoking in prisons

Corrections Act 2004

Health centre managers can give some of their jobs to other health professionals.

19B: Delegation of powers and functions of health centre managers

Corrections Act 2004

Checking again if a prisoner is at risk of hurting themselves if their situation changes

61A: Ongoing assessment for risk of self-harm

Corrections Act 2004

What happens to keep you safe if you're a prisoner at risk of self-harm

61B: Initial steps that prison manager and health centre manager must take in respect of at-risk prisoner

Corrections Act 2004

Checking if a prisoner is at risk of hurting themselves

61C: Confirmation of at-risk prisoner assessment

Corrections Act 2004

Helping prisoners who may hurt themselves: making a safety plan

61D: At-risk management plan established

Corrections Act 2004

What's in a plan to keep a prisoner safe from harming themselves?

61E: Content of at-risk management plan

Corrections Act 2004

Health centre managers must ask an expert for advice if it's outside their knowledge.

61G: Health centre manager must consult registered health professional if advice outside scope of practice

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff can use a scanner to check your temperature if they think you might have a sickness that can spread.

103AAA: Scanner search authorised to ascertain risk of communicable disease

Food Act 2014

Keep a copy of the search warrant application as a record

329: Retention of documents

Food Act 2014

Keeping Food Safe for Everyone to Eat

Food Act 2014

The law about food in New Zealand

1: Title

Food Act 2014

Basic food rules

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

What the Food Act 2014 is about and how it keeps food safe in New Zealand

3: Overview

Food Act 2014

The Purpose of the Food Act 2014 is to keep food safe for you to eat in New Zealand.

4: Purpose

Food Act 2014

The government must follow this law too

7: Act binds the Crown

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Basic information to help understand the law

Food Act 2014

What special words in the Food Act 2014 mean

8: Interpretation

Food Act 2014

What we mean by food

Food Act 2014

What the law means by 'food' in the Food Act 2014

9: Meaning of food

Food Act 2014

What we mean by a business that sells or makes food

Food Act 2014

What is a food business in New Zealand?

10: Meaning of food business

Food Act 2014

What 'processing' and 'handling' of food really means

Food Act 2014

What 'processing and handling' of food for sale means

11: Meaning of processing and handling

Food Act 2014

What it means for food to be safe and suitable for people to eat

Food Act 2014

What makes food safe and suitable for you to eat

12: Meaning of safety and suitability

Food Act 2014

What it means to sell something

Food Act 2014

'What we mean by selling food' means giving food to people to eat, or to businesses to use, in exchange for something, even if it's not money.

13: Meaning of sale

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Rules for people who help make sure food is safe

Food Act 2014

How the Minister, chief executive, and councils work together under the Food Act

15: Principles governing relationships between Minister, chief executive, and territorial authorities

Food Act 2014

Important rules to keep food safe for everyone to eat

16: Principles to be applied in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Act

Food Act 2014

Who does what to keep our food safe

Food Act 2014

The Minister is in charge of keeping food safe to eat and makes important decisions about food rules.

17: Role of Minister

Food Act 2014

The boss of food safety: what the chief executive does to keep your food safe

18: Role of chief executive

Food Act 2014

What councils do to keep food safe in their area

19: Role of territorial authorities

Food Act 2014

Food safety rules help keep you safe. They are based on risks.

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Measures to keep you safe from harmful food based on how risky it is.

Food Act 2014

Introduction to Food Safety Rules

20: Overview of this Part

Food Act 2014

Classifying food sectors to keep you safe

Food Act 2014

Sorting food businesses into groups to keep people safe from bad food

21: Classification of food sectors for purpose of assigning applicable risk-based measures

Food Act 2014

The Governor-General can change some food rules with the Minister's advice.

22: Power to amend Schedules 1 to 3 by Order in Council

Food Act 2014

Using measures that help keep food safe based on how risky they are

Food Act 2014

What food safety rules apply to your business if it's not on the main lists?

23: Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that come within food sectors not classified in Schedules 1 to 3

Food Act 2014

Figuring out food safety rules for businesses that do multiple food things

25: Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that overlap 2 or more food sectors

Food Act 2014

You can choose a food control plan for your food business, even if it's low risk.

26: Operator of food business may choose to operate under food control plan even if food business is in food sector classified under lower level of risk

Food Act 2014

You must follow the rules that apply to the type of food business you have.

Food Act 2014

Follow the food safety rules that apply to your type of food business to keep people safe.

28: Requirement to operate under applicable risk-based measure

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Keeping food safe by looking at how likely it is to make people sick

Food Act 2014

What a food control plan is and how it works

35: Purpose of this subpart

Food Act 2014

Plans to keep food safe

Food Act 2014

A food control plan helps your food business keep food safe for people to eat.

36: Food control plan: general description

Food Act 2014

What a food control plan covers: keeping food safe for one or many businesses

37: Food control plan: coverage

Food Act 2014

The boss of a government department can make a free template to help food businesses follow the rules.

39: Food control plan: chief executive's power to issue official template or model

Food Act 2014

The boss of a government department can approve a plan to keep food safe that someone else created.

40: Food control plan: chief executive's power to approve official template or model developed by third party

Food Act 2014

What your food control plan should look like on paper

41: Food control plan: form

Food Act 2014

What to include in your food safety plan

42: Food control plan: contents

Food Act 2014

You must register your plan to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

Rules for food businesses with special plans to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

The Food Act 2014 rules always come first if they disagree with your food control plan.

49: Requirements of Act to prevail in cases of inconsistency with registered food control plan

Food Act 2014

People in charge of food businesses have important jobs to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

What food businesses with a safety plan must do to keep food safe

50: Duties of operators of registered food control plans

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food control plan

51: Operator of registered food control plan must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

Signing up to follow a plan to keep food safe

Food Act 2014

Who to apply to when registering a food control plan

52: Application for registration: who is appropriate registration authority

Food Act 2014

How to apply to register a food control plan in writing

53: Application for registration: form and content

Food Act 2014

The registration authority can say no to your application if you don't follow the rules.

54: Registration authority may refuse to process application for registration

Food Act 2014

They can ask for more details when you apply to register a food plan.

55: Registration authority may require further information

Food Act 2014

What you need to do to register a food safety plan

56: Criteria for registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

When your food control plan is not approved

57: Refusal to register food control plan

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food control plan

58: Applicants for registration must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

What happens when you sign up for a food control plan

59: Registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

The people in charge can add rules when you register a food safety plan.

60: Registration authority may impose conditions on registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

How long your food registration lasts

61: Duration of registration

Food Act 2014

Stopping food operations if they are not safe

Food Act 2014

The government can temporarily stop a food business from operating if it's not following the rules or might be harming people's health.

62: Mandatory suspension

Food Act 2014

The registration authority can extend a food business's suspension if needed.

63: Registration authority may extend mandatory suspension

Food Act 2014

Stopping food operations by choice

64: Voluntary suspension

Food Act 2014

What happens when a food business is suspended

65: Effect of suspension

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it doesn't follow the rules

Food Act 2014

Taking a food business off the public list

66: Removal from public register

Food Act 2014

When a food business breaks the rules, the registration can be cancelled to keep food safe.

67: Cancellation of registration

Food Act 2014

When a food plan's registration is cancelled, it stops on a date chosen by the authorities.

68: Effective date of cancellation

Food Act 2014

What happens if your food business registration is cancelled?

69: Effect of cancellation of registration

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from being part of a food safety plan

70: Removal of food business from coverage of food control plan

Food Act 2014

What happens when you want to cancel your food business registration

71: Surrender of registration

Food Act 2014

When your food registration ends, this is when it officially stops being valid.

72: Effective date of surrender

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Measures to keep you safe from harmful food based on how risky it is.

Food Act 2014

What the national food programme is and what it does

73: Purpose of this subpart

Food Act 2014

National programmes help keep your food safe.

Food Act 2014

Keeping Food Safe: Rules for Food Businesses to Follow

74: National programme: general description

Food Act 2014

How the government can make food businesses follow national food safety rules

75: How national programme may be imposed

Food Act 2014

Rules about national food programmes to keep you safe

76: Regulations and notices about national programmes

Food Act 2014

The national food programme is still valid even if it lets certain people make decisions or set rules.

77: National programme not invalid on certain grounds

Food Act 2014

National food programme rules take priority if they disagree with other food rules.

78: Requirements of national programme to prevail in cases of inconsistency with other regulations or notices made under this Act

Food Act 2014

Food businesses must register if they are part of a national programme.

Food Act 2014

People who run food businesses have important jobs to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

Rules for food businesses in a national programme

80: Duties of operators of food businesses subject to national programme

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food business

81: Operators of food businesses subject to national programme must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

Some food businesses must register if they are part of a national programme.

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it's not safe.

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it's not safe.

Food Act 2014

When a food business is no longer registered, it gets taken off the public list.

94: Removal from public register

Food Act 2014

Building Act 2004

This section explains the rules people must follow when making decisions about buildings to keep everyone safe and happy.

4: Principles to be applied in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Act

Building Act 2004

A building that is unsafe to live in because it's dirty, damp, or doesn't have clean water or proper toilets.

123: Meaning of insanitary building

Building Act 2004

Rules about paying people who come to talk at special meetings about nurses and midwives

325: Witnesses' fees, allowances, and expenses

Electoral Act 1993

What happens if a Member of Parliament has serious mental health issues

56: Member becoming mentally disordered

Biosecurity Act 1993

This law applies to health problems with unknown causes, like syndromes that might be caused by organisms.

3: Application of Act to syndromes of uncertain origin

Crimes Act 1961

Medical procedures done by doctors to help people

Crimes Act 1961

This law protects doctors from getting in trouble when they do surgery to help someone, as long as they are careful and the surgery makes sense for the patient.

61: Surgical operations

Crimes Act 1961

This section explains when doctors can legally perform surgery without getting in trouble.

61A: Further provisions relating to surgical operations

Crimes Act 1961

Helping a mentally unwell person escape when they're supposed to be kept safe for breaking a rule

122: Assisting escape of mentally impaired person detained for offence

Crimes Act 1961

A mother who kills her young child while mentally unwell due to childbirth can be charged with infanticide instead of murder.

178: Infanticide

Crimes Act 1961

This law explains when ending a baby's life before birth is not allowed, except in special cases to protect the mother or during legal abortions.

182: Killing unborn child

Crimes Act 1961

This law makes it illegal to harm a girl's or woman's private parts, except for certain medical reasons.

204A: Female genital mutilation

Crimes Act 1961

Making food, water, or other things people use unsafe on purpose or without being careful

298B: Contaminating food, crops, water, or other products

Crimes Act 1961

Medical services to end a pregnancy

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

The goal of this law is to help you buy, supply, and drink alcohol safely and responsibly.

4: Object

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Some alcohol is exempt from the law if it's not meant to be drunk, like perfume or medicine.

9: Exemption for certain alcohol not intended for drinking

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licences for special events that let you sell alcohol in certain ways.

22: Special licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police and health officials check alcohol licence applications

103: Police, Medical Officer of Health, and inspector must inquire into applications

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

People like police and health officers check your alcohol licence application

129: Police, Medical Officer of Health, and inspector must inquire into application

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What the council checks when you apply for a special alcohol licence

142: Criteria for issue of special licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Someone else can do a Medical Officer of Health's job if they are qualified and chosen to help.

151: Medical Officer of Health may delegate functions

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

People who check if alcohol sellers are following the rules

197: Licensing inspectors

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

People must not promote alcohol in a way that is harmful or irresponsible.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Other important rules about selling and supplying alcohol.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licence to sell alcohol can be suspended if you don't follow health and safety rules.

286: Suspension of licence for non-compliance with public health or fire precaution requirements

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

How to apply to cancel an alcohol licence

291: Procedure for applications for cancellation of licence

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules to control or ban certain alcohol products to keep you safe

400: Regulations banning or restricting certain alcohol products

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for shops to display alcohol information

401: Point-of-sale information regulations

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

No off-licences for petrol stations, garages, dairies, or some shops.

36: No off-licences for petrol stations, certain garages, dairies, convenience stores, conveyances, or shops within shops

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

The court can send you to a hospital or secure facility instead of prison if you need special care while waiting for trial.

169: Order for detention of defendant in hospital or secure facility

Dog Control Act 1996

Changing the rules for dog training organisations that help people with disabilities

78D: Regulations amending Schedule 5

Evidence Act 2006

Keeping private what you tell a doctor or clinical psychologist when you're in trouble with the law

59: Privilege in criminal proceedings for information obtained by medical practitioners and clinical psychologists

Ombudsmen Act 1975

When to send your complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner instead of the Ombudsman.

17B: Referral of complaint to Health and Disability Commissioner

Ombudsmen Act 1975

Ombudsman talks to Health and Disability Commissioner about important issues

21B: Consultation with Health and Disability Commissioner

Land Transport Act 1998

Using spit or blood samples to learn about drugs and alcohol

209A: Analysing oral fluid or blood specimens for statistical or research purposes related to use of drugs or alcohol

Land Transport Act 1998

Doctors must tell the road safety boss if someone isn't safe to drive

18: Health practitioners to give Director medical reports of persons unfit to drive

Land Transport Act 1998

Driving licence put on hold if you're in hospital for mental health treatment

19: Licences of certain persons subject to Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 to be suspended

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for taking blood samples in hospitals after car accidents

73: Who must give blood specimen in hospital or medical centre

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for collecting samples from car accident patients for research

209: Taking of blood specimens for statistical or research purposes

Land Transport Act 1998

Ministers can ask experts for advice about drug levels and driving safety

167AAB: Ministers may appoint independent experts for purposes of section 167AAA

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What words mean in the Animal Welfare Act

2: Interpretation

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What 'manipulation' of animals means in the Animal Welfare Act

3: Definition of manipulation

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What animals need to be healthy and happy

4: Definition of physical, health, and behavioural needs

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What "research, testing, and teaching" means in the Animal Welfare Act, including work that involves manipulating animals.

5: Definition of research, testing, and teaching

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal Care Rules

Animal Welfare Act 1999

You must help ill or injured animals to stop their pain and suffering.

11: Obligation to alleviate pain or distress of ill or injured animals

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Breaking the rules about looking after animals is against the law.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules to protect animals from harm and make sure they are treated kindly

12: Animal welfare offences

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Operations on animals must be done with care.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Only vets or supervised vet students can do major animal surgeries, others must follow rules

15: Restriction on performance of surgical procedures

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for doing certain surgeries on animals

17: Performance of restricted surgical procedures

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for doing surgery on animals

18: Performance of controlled surgical procedures

Animal Welfare Act 1999

It is against the law to perform operations on animals in a way that hurts them.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

How to safely move animals from one place to another

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Hurting animals while moving them is against the law

23: Other offences in relation to transport of animals, etc

Animal Welfare Act 1999

You can defend yourself if accused of not caring for animals properly, and give evidence to prove it.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Caring for animals in safari parks

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for looking after wild animals in safari parks

26: Safari parks

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Being cruel to animals is against the law.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Fighting animals is against the law.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules about traps and devices that can hurt animals.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Selling some traps and devices is against the law unless you have a good reason

35: Restrictions on sale of traps and devices

Animal Welfare Act 1999

People must check traps to ensure they are not hurting animals.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What happens if you treat animals badly

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal Export Rules

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for sending animals overseas safely

41: Guidelines for issue of animal welfare export certificates

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Checking if it's safe to export animals from New Zealand

43: Consideration of application

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Some animals can be exempt from rules when exported if they won't be harmed

48: Exemptions

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Taking away a power that was given to someone

50: Revocation of delegations

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Exporting animals from New Zealand in a way that keeps them safe and comfortable

52: Animals being exported in accordance with conservation legislation

Animal Welfare Act 1999

This law sets up committees to help animals be treated kindly and with respect.

55: Purpose

Animal Welfare Act 1999

A group that helps make decisions about animal welfare in New Zealand.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

A team that helps with animal welfare issues

56: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The committee's jobs are to help keep animals safe and make sure they are treated well in New Zealand.

57: Functions

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Who is on the team that helps make decisions about animal welfare?

58: Membership

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee's yearly work report to the Minister

60: Annual report

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

61: Further provisions applying to National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

Animal Welfare Act 1999

A team that helps make decisions about animal welfare in New Zealand.

62: National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The committee's jobs are to help keep animals safe and advise the government on animal welfare.

63: Functions

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Who is on the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

64: Membership

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee's yearly work report to the Minister

66: Annual report

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

67: Further provisions applying to National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal Care Rules

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Looking after animals: setting rules for their care and treatment

68: Purpose

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What the rules are about to keep animals safe

69: Contents

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee tells the Minister if a new animal welfare rule is a good idea.

74: Recommendation to Minister

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules to keep animals safe are available for you to see

77: Availability of codes of welfare

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Checking if animal welfare rules are working and need changes

78: Review of code of welfare

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal Research Rules

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Why animals can be used in research and teaching, and how to treat them kindly

80: Purposes

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What this part of the law means for using animals in research, testing, or teaching

81: Effect of this Part

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules to protect animals used in research, testing, and teaching

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for using animals in research, testing, and teaching

82: Restrictions on research, testing, and teaching involving use of animals

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Doing research or teaching with animals without approval, if you follow certain rules

84: Power to carry out certain projects

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for using animals like apes and monkeys for research or teaching

85: Restrictions on use of non-human hominids

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The Director-General can cancel an approval if it's not in the best interests of an animal.

86: Revocation of approval

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules that guide people to treat animals kindly and fairly when used in research, testing, and teaching.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What to include in a code of ethical conduct when working with animals

88: Contents of code of ethical conduct

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Applying for Approval to Work with Animals

89: Application for approval

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Getting approval for a code that says how to treat animals fairly and kindly

91: Approval of code of ethical conduct

Animal Welfare Act 1999

How long the Director-General has to decide on a code of ethical conduct

92: Time limits

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Asking to change or cancel animal care rules

95: Application for amendment, suspension, or revocation of code of ethical conduct

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Changing or cancelling animal research rules

96: Amendment, suspension, or revocation

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Groups that help decide if using animals in research and teaching is okay.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Setting up a team to help look after animals properly

98: Establishment of animal ethics committees

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What an animal ethics committee can and must do to protect animals

99: Functions and powers

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Things to consider when deciding if a project with animals is okay

100: Criteria

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Who is on the animal ethics committee and how are they chosen?

101: Membership

Animal Welfare Act 1999

How an animal ethics committee makes its decisions and works

102: Procedure

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Telling someone in charge about animal welfare rules being broken

103: Report of non-compliance

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Law protects animal ethics committee members who try to do the right thing

104: Protection of members of animal ethics committees

Animal Welfare Act 1999

People check how well groups follow rules when using animals in research and teaching.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Regular checks to ensure animal welfare codes are being followed

105: Independent reviews

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Checking if animal welfare rules are being followed

106: Purpose

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What time period an independent review covers

107: Period to which independent review relates

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Who can be chosen to review animal welfare independently

109: Accredited reviewers

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Doing your job fairly as an animal welfare reviewer

110: Performance of duties

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for checking how well people care for animals

112: Performance standards

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Checking if people are following the animal welfare rules

114: Review

Animal Welfare Act 1999

How well you follow the animal welfare rules

116: Level of compliance

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The Minister can ask for a review to check if someone is treating animals fairly and following the rules.

117: Power of Minister to commission review

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The Minister can approve using animals for research or testing if it's really necessary.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The Minister can allow animal research without extra approval if it helps New Zealand.

118: Power of Minister to approve research or testing

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Law helpers

Animal Welfare Act 1999

People and groups who help make sure animals are treated well

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Who can be an approved group to help with animal welfare?

121: Approved organisations

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What the Minister checks before approving an animal welfare organisation

122: Criteria

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Authorities have the power to inspect properties, vehicles, and other places to check on animal welfare.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Police need a special paper to search places to help keep animals safe

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What happens to things taken by police or inspectors, like animals, under the Animal Welfare Act 1999

136: Disposal of thing seized

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Helping animals that are hurt or sick is a special power that some people have.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Putting down sick or injured animals to end their suffering

138: Destruction of injured or sick animals (other than marine mammals)

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Putting down sick or hurt animals that can't be helped

139: Destruction of impounded animals that are diseased, injured, or sick

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What happens to animals that are being looked after by approved groups

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What approved organisations must do to care for animals they are looking after

141: Duties of approved organisation

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Telling people about your animal welfare application

146: Notification of application

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What happens when you appeal an animal welfare order

155: Effect of appeal

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Other important rules and details are included here.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules about what happens when someone breaks animal welfare laws

Animal Welfare Act 1999

More rules about what happens when someone does something wrong to animals

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for being fair and honest at work in public health jobs

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for fair treatment and good behaviour in public health workplaces

100D: Code of good faith for public health sector

Employment Relations Act 2000

The Governor-General can change the rules for being fair in public hospitals if important people agree.

100E: Amendments to or replacement of code of good faith for public health sector

Employment Relations Act 2000

Important services like power, water, hospitals, and police that keep our community safe and running

Schedule 1: Essential services

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for fairness and respect at work in public health services

Schedule 1B: Code of good faith for public health sector

Employment Relations Act 2000

Covid-19 vaccination rules at work are no longer part of the law

238A: Provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccinations

Employment Relations Act 2000

Covid-19 vaccination rules and your job

Schedule 3A: Provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccinations

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

This provision explains the main goals of the law for keeping people safe at work

3: Purpose

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Rules for dangerous equipment apply even outside the workplace

12: Application of Act to prescribed high-risk plant

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

This part explains the important words used in the law about safety at work

16: Interpretation

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

What counts as a workplace under health and safety law

20: Meaning of workplace

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Explaining what counts as a serious work-related injury or illness

23: Meaning of notifiable injury or illness

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Regulator can appoint doctors to assist with workplace health and safety

181: Appointment of health and safety medical practitioners

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Medical experts can visit and check workplaces for health and safety reasons

183: Powers of entry and inspection of health and safety medical practitioners

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Health and safety medical practitioners and their assistants are protected from legal action while doing their job

186: Immunity of health and safety medical practitioners and persons assisting health and safety medical practitioners

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Doctors must report work-related illnesses and injuries to workplace safety regulators

199: Requirement of medical officer of health to notify regulator of work-related notifiable disease or hazardous substances injury

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

How health and safety medical practitioners can lose their job

182: Suspension and ending of appointment of health and safety medical practitioners

Social Security Act 2018

This law helps people in need by giving money and support

3: Purpose of this Act

Social Security Act 2018

A Guide to Understanding the Social Security Act: What it's About and How it Works

5: Guide to this Act

Social Security Act 2018

What's changed: old laws compared to new laws in the Social Security Act 2018.

10: Comparative tables of old and new provisions

Social Security Act 2018

A work gap is when you're not working full-time or earning less due to sickness or injury.

21: What is work gap

Social Security Act 2018

You need a doctor's note to get jobseeker support for health reasons

27: Jobseeker support: on ground of health condition, injury, or disability: application must include certificate

Social Security Act 2018

MSD might ask you to see a doctor if you apply for jobseeker support because of health reasons

28: Jobseeker support: on ground of health condition, injury, or disability: medical examination

Social Security Act 2018

Help with living costs if you can't work much or are blind

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for getting money to help if you can't work much or can't see

34: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: requirements

Social Security Act 2018

When you can't work much because of a long-lasting health problem or disability

35: When person has restricted work capacity

Social Security Act 2018

You can't get support if you caused your own work problems or blindness on purpose

36: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: ineligibility

Social Security Act 2018

Medical check-up for people who can't work much or are blind and want financial help

37: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: medical examination

Social Security Act 2018

Special payment rules for couples when one person is in long-term care

38: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: payment not apportioned in specified cases

Social Security Act 2018

Helping people with health problems try working while keeping their support payment

39: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity: encouraging open employment

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for getting money to care for someone at home full-time

40: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: requirements

Social Security Act 2018

You need a doctor's note to get money for caring for someone full-time

41: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate

Social Security Act 2018

MSD can ask for a medical check when you apply to get paid for caring for someone at home

42: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: medical examination

Social Security Act 2018

Extra help for young people in tough times

53: Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship

Social Security Act 2018

Help for people who can't earn enough money

63: Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship

Social Security Act 2018

Extra money during a big sickness in New Zealand

64: Emergency benefit: grant during epidemic in New Zealand

Social Security Act 2018

When the government can say no or change your housing cost help

69: Accommodation supplement: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances

Social Security Act 2018

Allowance for children with serious disabilities who live at home or in special care

78: Child disability allowance: discretionary grant

Social Security Act 2018

What counts as a child with a serious disability needing constant care

79: Meaning of child with a serious disability

Social Security Act 2018

MSD may ask for a doctor's note when you apply for money to help with your child's disability

80: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate

Social Security Act 2018

The government might ask your child to see a doctor before giving you money to help with their disability

81: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination

Social Security Act 2018

How the government pays money to help with a child who has a disability

82: Child disability allowance: payment

Social Security Act 2018

Child disability allowance can't be paid with most other benefits or pensions

83: Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension

Social Security Act 2018

What counts as a disability in this law

84: Meaning of disability

Social Security Act 2018

Extra money for disability costs if you need it

85: Disability allowance: discretionary grant

Social Security Act 2018

Expenses not covered by disability allowance for people in care homes

86: Disability allowance: excluded expenses

Social Security Act 2018

MSD can change or stop your disability allowance if you get similar help elsewhere

87: Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances

Social Security Act 2018

You might need to see a special doctor before getting disability money

88: Disability allowance: medical examination

Social Security Act 2018

Help with expenses when your partner is in hospital and you're on a benefit

89: Special disability allowance: entitlement in special circumstances

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for getting help with funeral costs when someone dies

90: Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions

Social Security Act 2018

Temporary extra money to help with basic costs when you're struggling

95: Temporary additional support: purpose

Social Security Act 2018

Getting extra help when you don't have enough money for basics

96: Temporary additional support: requirements

Social Security Act 2018

This part explains important words used in the rules about extra money help

98: Interpretation

Social Security Act 2018

Minister can create a notice to help keep visitors safe if a disease outbreak happens overseas

99: Overseas epidemics affecting visitors to New Zealand: Minister may give overseas epidemic management notice

Social Security Act 2018

This rule about special help notices no longer exists

102: Special assistance: status of, and access to, notices

Social Security Act 2018

This section helps you understand what people must do.

Social Security Act 2018

This part explains the duties of MSD and people who get benefits

104: What this Part does

Social Security Act 2018

Telling people what they need to do and what is expected of them

Social Security Act 2018

People getting benefits have rules they must follow.

Social Security Act 2018

You must tell us if your situation changes.

Social Security Act 2018

You must tell us if you are going to be away from New Zealand.

Social Security Act 2018

You must get your ability to work assessed.

Social Security Act 2018

Work ability checks for some benefit receivers

116: Persons subject to work ability assessment

Social Security Act 2018

Who doesn't need to do a work test for their payment

117: Persons not subject to work ability assessment

Social Security Act 2018

A check-up to see how well you can work and what help you might need

118: Work ability assessment

Social Security Act 2018

Work preparation tasks for some people getting supported living payments

123: Persons subject to work-preparation obligations if sufficient capacity to comply

Social Security Act 2018

Making sure your kids are signed up with a doctor and get their health checks

134: Health care enrolment and compliance with core health checks

Social Security Act 2018

Rules about school, health checks, and words used in child education law

137: Definitions and attendance: regulations made under section 430

Social Security Act 2018

Who needs to follow work rules when getting government help

140: Persons subject to work-test obligations

Social Security Act 2018

Help for job seekers with health issues: what work you can do

141: Jobseeker support: work capacity determination and work test

Social Security Act 2018

Explaining what words mean in rules about testing for drugs

152: Definitions for drug-testing provisions

Social Security Act 2018

Some people don't have to do certain tasks to get help, like getting ready for work or looking for a job.

Social Security Act 2018

How to ask for and manage breaks from your duties when getting social security help

160: Procedure for grant of exemption

Social Security Act 2018

Young parents receiving payments must follow rules about parenting and childcare

164: Obligations of young person granted young parent payment

Social Security Act 2018

Help for young parents aged 16-19 who are with someone getting a benefit

167: Young person aged 16 to 19 years who has dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary

Social Security Act 2018

Other important responsibilities

Social Security Act 2018

Things you do before getting a benefit can affect what you get.

Social Security Act 2018

Getting compensation or damages can reduce your benefits.

Social Security Act 2018

Money from benefits might be reduced if you also get payments for lost earnings due to an accident

198: Loss of earnings compensation under Accident Compensation Act 2001

Social Security Act 2018

When you can get other benefits even if you receive money for being a veteran

200: Exceptions to rule that veteran’s entitlement excludes any other benefit

Social Security Act 2018

Being a refugee or protected person can affect the benefits you get.

Social Security Act 2018

Being in hospital can affect the benefits you get.

Social Security Act 2018

How your benefit changes if you're in hospital for a long time

206: Hospitalisation

Social Security Act 2018

Your partner's benefit may increase if you're in hospital for a long time

207: Benefit of spouse or partner increased after 13th week of hospitalisation

Social Security Act 2018

Getting help for alcohol or drug problems can affect your benefits.

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for people getting benefits while in addiction treatment

208: Beneficiary resident in institution for treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction

Social Security Act 2018

You usually can't get benefit payments when you're outside New Zealand

219: General rule: benefit not payable while beneficiary absent from New Zealand

Social Security Act 2018

Having a good reason for not doing something you are supposed to do.

Social Security Act 2018

MSD's mistake can be a valid reason for not following a rule

249: Good and sufficient reason for non-compliance: default by MSD

Social Security Act 2018

Reasons you might not have to do a drug test for a job

250: Good and sufficient reason for failure to comply with drug-testing obligation

Social Security Act 2018

A test to check if you have taken drugs, used as evidence.

Social Security Act 2018

What happens when you ask for a second drug test after failing the first one

258: Effect of request for evidential drug test

Social Security Act 2018

Who pays for drug tests when you're trying to follow the rules again

266: Costs of drug testing for purposes of recompliance

Social Security Act 2018

Rules and penalties for young people who don't meet their obligations

Social Security Act 2018

Youth payment cancellation doesn't stop disability allowances

274: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance

Social Security Act 2018

You can still get disability money if your young parent payment stops

285: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance

Social Security Act 2018

How people meet their responsibilities

Social Security Act 2018

Paying people to encourage good behaviour is called incentive payments.

Social Security Act 2018

How to apply for help is organised and managed.

Social Security Act 2018

Special rules for getting benefits during an epidemic

299: Exception during epidemic

Social Security Act 2018

Getting temporary help while waiting for the right benefit

302: Immediate provisional grant, and later backdating of other benefit

Social Security Act 2018

Checking if your benefit amount is correct

304: Review of entitlement and rate payable

Social Security Act 2018

MSD can change your benefit if they think a different one suits you better

308: Another benefit more appropriate

Social Security Act 2018

Benefits can change if you have certain insurance payments

310: Certain benefits granted, or granted at rate, not taking into account certain insurance payments

Social Security Act 2018

When benefits start being paid

Social Security Act 2018

What happens if you get ACC money but your claim is later denied

312: If applicant paid, but claim fails for, ACC weekly compensation

Social Security Act 2018

Waiting periods for some benefits before they start

313: Benefits subject to stand down

Social Security Act 2018

When payments from the government stop.

Social Security Act 2018

You can keep getting your payment for 28 days after you stop caring for someone

328: Supported living payment payable to beneficiary who stops caring for another person

Social Security Act 2018

Your supported living payment might end if a doctor says you no longer need it

330: Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness and cancelled on medical grounds

Social Security Act 2018

What happens when some benefits end and how you can get them again

Social Security Act 2018

How benefits are paid to people who need them

Social Security Act 2018

Help and support for young people

Social Security Act 2018

Helping people with goods and services from special suppliers

Social Security Act 2018

Minister can choose specific suppliers for certain disability and urgent needs support

367: Preferred suppliers: determinations

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for buying special items from chosen shops using government money

368: Preferred suppliers: paying them disability allowance, special assistance, or advance payment

Social Security Act 2018

Paying suppliers when there's not enough money in your disability allowance

369: Preferred suppliers: paying them disability allowance: exception if total benefit payments less than amount required

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Landlords must give tenants important information and a clean room when they move into a boarding house.

66H: Landlord’s obligations at start of tenancy

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Landlords must keep boarding houses clean, safe, and in good repair, following rules to protect tenants.

66I: Landlord’s ongoing obligations

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The Tribunal can talk to and send complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner if a landlord who provides health services does something wrong.

83A: Referral of complaints to Health and Disability Commissioner

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Rules about making homes healthy and safe for people to live in

138B: Healthy homes standards

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Rules about harmful things in houses and how to clean them up

138C: Regulations in respect of contaminants and contaminated premises

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The boss can create plans to check if homes meet health rules

123CA: Programmes of inspections to monitor and assess compliance with healthy homes standards

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Rules about tenancies during COVID-19 (no longer in effect)

Schedule 5: Provisions relating to COVID-19

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules for keeping people safe when getting services

35: Safety standards in respect of services

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This law explains the main goals of helping people who get hurt

3: Purpose

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This Act explains how accident compensation works in New Zealand

4: Overview

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This law applies to everyone, including the government

5: Act to bind the Crown

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What words mean in this law about accidents and injuries

6: Interpretation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Getting quick medical help for covered injuries

7: Acute treatment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This explains when you are protected if you get hurt

8: Cover

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Work payments not counted for Work Account levy

12: Earnings as an employee: Work Account levy payable under section 168

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Explaining who counts as a spouse in accident compensation cases

18: Spouse (and spouse in relation to deceased claimant)

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What kinds of accidents and injuries are covered by the law and how to get help

Accident Compensation Act 2001

An introduction to the rules that come next

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This part explains important words used in the law about accidents and injuries

19: Key terms in this Part

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The main ideas about how accident cover works

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC covers most injuries in New Zealand, but not all mental injuries

20: Cover for personal injury suffered in New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury)

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Help for mental harm from certain crimes

21: Cover for mental injury caused by certain criminal acts

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Help for mental injuries from crimes before July 1992

21A: Cover under Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 for mental injury caused by certain criminal acts

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When you can get cover for injuries that happen outside New Zealand

22: Cover for personal injury suffered outside New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury)

Accident Compensation Act 2001

No injury cover for visitors while travelling on planes, ships, or other transport in New Zealand

23: Cover for personal injury suffered by persons not ordinarily resident in New Zealand: exclusions while travelling to, around, and from New Zealand

Accident Compensation Act 2001

No cover for slow work injuries from before April 1974 outside New Zealand

24: Cover for personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection: exclusion for events occurring outside New Zealand before 1 April 1974

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Important words about getting help after an accident

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What counts as an accident when you get hurt

25: Accident

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What counts as getting hurt or injured under the law

26: Personal injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Mental health problems that doctors think are serious

27: Mental injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Getting hurt at work or while doing job-related tasks

28: Work-related personal injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When you get hurt at work and in a car: deciding what type of injury it is

29: Personal injury that is both work-related and motor vehicle injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Work injuries that happen slowly over time

30: Personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection

Accident Compensation Act 2001

A group that helped with slow-developing work health problems no longer exists

31: Ministerial advisory panel on work-related gradual process, disease, or infection

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When medical care hurts you: Understanding treatment injuries

32: Treatment injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What counts as medical treatment when you're injured

33: Treatment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Rules for injuries from medical mistakes before July 2005

34: Cover for personal injury caused by medical misadventure before 1 July 2005

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When you can get help if you're hurt in a car accident

35: Motor vehicle injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When injuries happened that matter for this part

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When the law says you have a mental injury

36: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering mental injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When the law says you got hurt at work over time

37: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When your injury from medical care is officially recognised

38: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering treatment injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Rules for helping people who get hurt and how to ask for help

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Rules about how ACC should treat people who make claims

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What 'Corporation' means in some parts of the ACC law

39: Meaning of Corporation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The Code explains how ACC should treat you and what you can do if they don't

40: Purpose of Code

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The rules in the Code are important for all parts of the Act

41: Code applies generally

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC makes a draft set of rules for people's rights, talking to others the Minister chooses

42: Corporation to prepare draft Code in consultation with persons nominated by Minister

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The government asks for people's ideas about new rules for accidents

43: Public consultation on draft Code after agreement by Minister

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The Minister checks and approves the rules for ACC claimants

44: Approval of Code by Minister

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must follow and promote the Code of Claimants' Rights

45: Corporation's obligations in respect of Code

Accident Compensation Act 2001

This rule about how laws apply to ACC rights is no longer part of the law

46: Application of Legislation Act 2012 to Code

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How the Code can be changed by the Minister

47: Amendments to Code

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How ACC handles claims and treats people who make them

Accident Compensation Act 2001

You need to tell ACC about your injury to get help

48: Person to lodge claim for cover and entitlement

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Treatment provider can make a claim for you if you say it's okay

49: Treatment provider lodging claim on behalf of person

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC's duties after you make a claim

50: Responsibilities of Corporation after claim lodged

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When ACC gets your claim form, they count it as officially received

51: When claim is lodged and received

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How to make a claim for accident compensation

52: Manner of making claim

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When you need to tell ACC about your injury or ask for help

53: Time for making claim

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must make fair choices about your claim quickly

54: Responsibility of Corporation to make reasonable decisions in timely manner

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Your duties when asking ACC for help after an accident

55: Responsibilities of claimant to assist in establishment of cover and entitlements

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How ACC checks and decides on your claim for help after an accident

56: Steps Corporation takes to action claims for cover

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What ACC does when you make a tricky claim

57: Steps Corporation takes to action complicated claims for cover

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What happens if ACC doesn't decide on your claim in time

58: Effect of failure to meet time limits

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Choices about what help you can get

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC accepting money doesn't guarantee your cover

59: Decision on cover independent of acceptance of levy

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC decides if you can get help for certain work injuries

60: Decision on claim for Schedule 2 injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How ACC decides if they'll cover your hearing loss from noisy work

61: Decision on claim for noise-induced hearing loss caused by work-related gradual process

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC may ask doctors for help when deciding about treatment injury claims

62: Decision on claim for treatment injury

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must tell you about your right to challenge their decisions

63: Corporation must tell claimant about review rights

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must tell you their decision about your claim

64: Corporation must give notice of decisions

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC can fix mistakes in its decisions

65: Corporation may revise decisions

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must save your claim information for a long time

66: Corporation must keep claims files

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What You Get When You're Hurt: Help and Money from ACC

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What you can get and other important things to know

Accident Compensation Act 2001

You can get help for accidents if you're hurt and qualify

67: Who is entitled to entitlements

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC gives you benefits according to this law

68: Corporation provides entitlements in accordance with this Act

Accident Compensation Act 2001

The types of help you can get if you're hurt in an accident

69: Entitlements provided under this Act

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Your and ACC's duties when helping you recover from an injury

70: Claimant's and Corporation's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Employers must help injured workers return to work

71: Employer's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

What you need to do when you make a claim

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Things you must do when ACC helps you

72: Responsibilities of claimant who receives entitlement

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Things you can get and other important stuff about getting care

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How ACC helps pay for urgent medical care after an accident

73: Payment of treatment providers for acute treatment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Rules for who can decide if you need urgent accident treatment

74: Limits on treatment providers in decisions on acute treatment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

A personal plan to help someone get better after an accident

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC decides if you need a plan to help you recover after an injury

75: Corporation to determine need for rehabilitation plan

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Getting help before and after agreeing on your rehabilitation plan

76: Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Figuring out what you need to get better and putting it in a plan

77: Assessment of needs and content of plan

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Keeping your recovery plan up to date

78: Individual rehabilitation plan must be updated

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Social rehabilitation helps people become more independent after an accident

79: Purpose of social rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Helping people get back to work after an accident

80: Purpose of vocational rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Help for getting back to normal life after an accident

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC's responsibility to provide important help for your recovery after an injury

81: Corporation's liability to provide key aspects of social rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC can give extra help for your recovery if you need it

82: Corporation may provide other social rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When you can start getting help to recover after an accident

83: Date of entitlement to social rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Checking what help you need after getting hurt

84: Assessment and reassessment of need for social rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Help for getting back to work after an accident

Accident Compensation Act 2001

ACC must help you return to work after an injury

85: Corporation liable to provide vocational rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Deciding if you can get help to return to work

86: Matters to be considered in deciding whether to provide vocational rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Things ACC thinks about when deciding if you need help to go back to work

87: Further matters to be considered in deciding whether to provide vocational rehabilitation

Accident Compensation Act 2001

You can get help to return to work again if your injury situation changes

88: Vocational rehabilitation may start or resume if circumstances change

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Checking what help you need to return to work after an injury

89: Assessment of claimant's vocational rehabilitation needs

Accident Compensation Act 2001

A trained expert checks how your injury affects your work

90: Occupational assessor

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How the job expert checks what work you can do after getting hurt

91: Conduct of initial occupational assessment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Assessor writes report about what jobs you might be able to do after your injury

92: Report on initial occupational assessment

Accident Compensation Act 2001

A special doctor checks if you can work after an injury

93: Medical assessor

Public Service Act 2020

Change to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority rules

131: Amendment to State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Order 2010

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ pays a special tax to help people with gambling problems

101: TAB NZ must pay problem gambling levy

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Help with Paying for Long-Term Care for Older People

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 is about

1: Title

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 comes into effect on 26 November 2018.

2: Commencement

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

This law helps older people know when they must pay for their own care and how much it will cost.

3: Purpose of this Act

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What this law is about: rules for paying for care and disability support at home or in residences.

4: Overview of this Act

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What special words in this law mean, so you can understand it better.

5: Interpretation

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Understanding old laws helps explain new laws in this Act

6: Interpretation: references to, and using as guide, old law

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Special rules to help when laws change

7: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The government must follow this law too

8: Act binds the Crown

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Basic Law Rules

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

This law decides who pays for certain care services, like long-term care, that have been agreed to.

9: This Act determines who pays for LTR contracted care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What is long-term care that the government helps pay for?

10: What is LTR contracted care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What 'LTR contracted care' means and the important words used to describe it

11: Key terms used in definition of LTR contracted care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Care Payment Rules

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What it means to be a qualifying person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who can get help as a qualifying person for care services?

12: Who is qualifying person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You can get funding if you meet certain rules set by the government.

13: Funding eligible

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You need long-term care forever, as decided by a special assessment.

14: Positively needs assessed

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

There are 4 basic rules about who pays for long-term care.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You won't pay more than the maximum amount for your care, no matter what you have.

15: Rule 1: no qualifying person to pay more than maximum contribution

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

If you have lots of assets, you pay the most you can towards your care.

16: Rule 2: qualifying person whose assets are above asset threshold must contribute maximum contribution

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

If you don't have many assets, you pay for care based on how much money you earn.

17: Rule 3: qualifying person whose assets are equal to or below asset threshold must pay contribution based on income

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The funder pays the rest of your care costs after you pay your share.

18: Rule 4: funder must pay difference between qualifying person’s contribution and cost of LTR contracted care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Paying for care when your finances haven't been checked yet

19: Liability of person who has not been means assessed

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who pays for care?

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who is a special case person in residential care and disability support?

20: Who is special case person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

A single person who is 50 years old or more

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

A 50+ single person is someone aged 50-64, single, with no kids, getting funded care.

21: Who is 50+ single person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Single people over 50 pay for care based on their income, not what they own.

22: 50+ single person liable to make income contribution only

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Some people are exempt from rules, these are called special case persons.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who doesn't have to follow all the rules about paying for care and support services

23: Who is exempt person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Exempt people pay for some of their care using their benefit, minus a small amount they can keep.

24: Exempt person liable to contribute benefit only

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Older people who have been hurt or affected by a crime

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who gets help as an elderly victim of crime in New Zealand?

25: Who is elderly victim of crime

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Elderly victims of crime don't have to pay for their long-term care.

26: Elderly victim of crime not liable to contribute to cost of LTR contracted care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Special People's Rules

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who can ask for or get a needs assessment for help with care or support

27: Who initiates needs assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What help you need to live in a care home for the rest of your life

28: Content of needs assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

How to get your care needs checked and your rights during the process

29: Procedure for needs assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Getting the results of your care needs assessment

30: Notification of result of needs assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Checking Your Needs

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

How your money and belongings are checked for care and support

31: Types of means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who can ask for a means assessment to get help with care costs

32: Who may apply for means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

MSD must check how much money you have when you apply for help.

33: MSD must arrange for means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

They check what things you own to work out what you can afford.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Checking what you own to work out how much you have for care and support

34: Assets assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What you own and its value for your assets assessment

35: Content of assets assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Checking how much money you have is the second step.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When you need to have your income checked because you don't have many assets.

36: When income assessment required

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Working out how much money you have for support

37: Income assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What you pay for care services is based on your income and assets

38: Content of income assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Things that affect how much money you have, like giving away income or property.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

If you give away money or property on purpose, it still counts when the government works out how much you have.

39: Deprivation of income or property: means assessment as if deprivation had not occurred

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What happens if you get rid of money or property on purpose when your income is being checked

40: Deprivation of income or property: inclusion in review of means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

A notice that tells you how your money and assets will be used to decide how much you pay.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The government must write down the result of your means assessment so you have an official record.

41: Means assessment must be recorded in writing

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You get a notice about how your money affects your care costs after a means assessment.

42: Notice of means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When something in your life changes, it can affect the help you get.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Tell MSD if your situation changes and it might affect your care help

43: Obligation to notify MSD of change in circumstances

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You have the right to ask for a review of a decision that affects you.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You have the right to check and challenge the result of your means assessment.

44: Funder must ensure person assessed advised of right of review

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Whether you are single, married, or in a partnership can affect your support.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When you're married but living apart, the government may treat you as single for money assessments.

45: Relationship status for purpose of means assessment: determination that person is single

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

How the government decides if you're in a de facto relationship for money assessments

46: Relationship status for purpose of means assessment: determination that person is in de facto relationship

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Checking how much money you have to pay for care

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

MSD checks your money again if you ask or if they think they made a mistake

47: Review by MSD

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Check if you can get more help if your assets drop below a certain amount

48: Review if assets subsequently fall below applicable asset threshold

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Check if you still get help if you don't have many assets

49: Review if assets below applicable asset threshold

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The Ministry doesn't have to re-check your means assessment just because the rules change.

50: Review under section 48 or 49 not obligatory

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What happens when your care support is reviewed under certain rules

51: Scope and date of review under section 47, 48, or 49

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When your money and belongings are checked

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When your application for a means assessment is received, that's the date that matters for your assessment.

52: Date of means assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Checking Your Money

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

How much you can be charged for rest-home care in your area

53: Determination of maximum contribution

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who is responsible if something goes wrong with the money for care services?

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who pays for your care when you're exempt and in long-term residential care?

54: Funder’s liability for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The government pays for care home costs for elderly victims of crime.

55: Funder’s liability for cost of LTR contracted care of elderly victim of crime

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When the person paying for care is responsible

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When the government helps pay for your care costs

56: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of qualifying person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When the government must pay for care of people who are exempt or elderly victims of crime

57: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person or elderly victim of crime

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When the government must pay for your long-term care if you're 50 or older and single

58: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of 50+ single person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Who pays for care?

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

This part of the law is about who can get help to live at home if they have a disability.

59: Application of this Part

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

MSD works out how much you pay for disability support services based on your money situation

60: MSD may assess person’s financial means and required payments

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What 'cash assets and income' means for people getting home-based disability support services

61: Cash assets and income

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Assets you own but haven't used or sold can be counted as money when you get home-based disability support.

62: Unrealised assets available for personal use

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

You must not hide income or assets to pay less for disability support services

63: Deprivation of income or assets

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Your disability support assessment must include the date and costs, and be given to you.

64: Assessment must state date and payments and be given to person

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

MSD can share assessment results with Health New Zealand.

65: MSD may supply assessment to applicable DHB

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

MSD checks and updates support payments to ensure people get the right amount of help.

66: MSD must review, and may revise, assessment

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Tell MSD if your situation changes when getting disability support at home

67: Person must advise MSD of change in person’s circumstances

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Paying for Home Help

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

The government can ask for your information to decide benefits and payments.

68: Information gathering under Schedule 6 of Social Security Act 2018

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

What to do if you disagree with a decision made about your support

69: Rights of review and appeal in Part 7 of Social Security Act 2018

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Help to pay for rest home care through a special loan if you have too many assets

70: Residential care loan scheme

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Money to help buy clothes if you need care and meet certain rules

71: Clothing allowance

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Telling lies or misleading people to get benefits or payments is against the law.

72: Offences: false statements, misleading, or attempting to mislead, to receive or continue to receive advantages

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Time limit to charge someone for breaking the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act

73: Time for filing charging document

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Rules the Governor-General can make about care payments and services

74: Regulations

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Some numbers in this law go up each year to match price increases in New Zealand.

75: Annual adjustments for increase in Consumers Price Index

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What special words mean in the Civil Aviation Act 2023

113: Interpretation

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