Health and wellbeing
This page contains different parts of laws about Health and wellbeing.
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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
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
What special powers do emergency helpers have during a disaster?
85: Emergency powers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Help with costs if your things get damaged in an emergency
108: Compensation for loss or damage to personal property
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
Explaining important words used in this part of the 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
Rules about getting rid of toilet waste and dirty water 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
Making sure people have safe drinking water when there are big problems with water companies
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
Civil Aviation Act 1990
Rules for medical checks and permissions before new laws start
27Q: Transitional provisions
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
Tax rules for trusts that only support people with disabilities
HC 39: Trustee income: disabled beneficiary trusts
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
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
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
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
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
Dog Control Act 1996
Changing the rules for dog training organisations that help people with disabilities
78D: Regulations amending Schedule 5
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 '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
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
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
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
Rules for looking after wild animals in safari parks
26: Safari parks
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
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
Looking after animals: setting rules for their care and treatment
68: Purpose
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
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 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
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
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
More rules about what happens when someone does something wrong to animals
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
Rules for being fair and respectful at work in the public health sector
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
Rules about COVID-19 vaccinations at work, which are no longer in effect.
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 work gap is when you can't work as much as usual because you're sick or hurt
21: What is work gap
Social Security Act 2018
Jobseeker support: extra money for people who are struggling financially
25: Jobseeker support: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
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
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
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
Extra money for couples when one partner is in hospital or care
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
Rules for getting extra money when you're short on cash
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 write a notice when overseas diseases stop visitors from going home
99: Overseas epidemics affecting visitors to New Zealand: Minister may give overseas epidemic management notice
Social Security Act 2018
Help for visitors stuck in New Zealand because of sickness in their home country
100: Special assistance for visitors affected by overseas epidemics
Social Security Act 2018
Special help programmes created by the Minister
101: Approved special assistance programmes
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 part explains the duties of MSD and people who get benefits
104: What this Part does
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
Rules for working while on jobseeker support due to health reasons
141: Jobseeker support: work capacity determination and work test
Social Security Act 2018
You must take and pass a drug test when asked for work or training
147: Obligation to undertake and pass drug test
Social Security Act 2018
How MSD can use your drug test result
150: Use of drug test result
Social Security Act 2018
Explaining what words mean in rules about testing for drugs
152: Definitions for drug-testing provisions
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
What certain words mean in this part of the law about young people, their partners, and benefits
169: Interpretation
Social Security Act 2018
This part explains things that can change your benefit
183: What this Part does
Social Security Act 2018
Things you need to do before you can get help from the government
Social Security Act 2018
Things that can lower your benefit: money you get for injuries or damages
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
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
Rules about benefits for people getting help with alcohol or drug problems
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
Explaining who and what section 213 covers
214: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213
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
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
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
How to fix things if you don't follow drug-testing rules
263: How person recomplies after failure to comply with drug-testing obligation
Social Security Act 2018
Failing a drug test when trying to fix past mistakes counts as your third strike
265: Failure of drug test for purposes of recompliance constitutes third failure
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
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
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
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
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
This part explains important words used in the law about accidents and injuries
19: Key terms in this Part
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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