Health Act 1956

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Reference: 1956 No 65
• Citation: 1956 No 65
• Record Number: DLM305839
• Act Number: 65
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Health Act 1956
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title and commencement
• 2 Interpretation
• 2A Transitional, savings, and related provisions
• 3 Power of Governor-General in Council to amend Schedules
• Part 1
• 3A Function of Ministry in relation to public health
• 3B Director of Public Health
• 3C Director-General to produce annual report on current state of public health
• 3D Director of Public Health may provide advice or reports to Minister
• 3E Public Health Agency
• 3F Public Health Agency to consult
• 4 Department of Health
• 5 Director-General of Health
• 5A Deputy Directors-General and Assistant Directors-General of Health
• 5B Delegation of powers by Director-General
• 6 Other officers and employees
• 6A Part-time deputy medical officers of health
• 7 Principal functions of Department
• 7A Medical officers of health and other officers
• 8 Conservation of public health in areas outside jurisdiction of local authorities
• 9 Delegation of powers by Minister
• 9A Advisory committees and subcommittees
• 10 Annual report
• 11 Board of Health
• 11A Chairman and deputy chairman
• 12 Remuneration and travelling allowances
• 13 Meetings and procedure of Board
• 14 Seal of Board
• 15 Secretary to Board
• 16 Functions of Board
• 17 Board may be appointed as a commission of inquiry
• 18 Committees of Board
• 18A Ad hoc subcommittees
• 19 Health districts
• 20 Medical officer of health for every health district
• 21 Evidence of authority of medical officer or health protection officer
• 22 Certain officers to have functions of medical officers of health
• 22A Powers of departmental officers under Factories and Commercial Premises Act 1981
• 22B Interpretation
• 22C Disclosure of health information
• 22D Duty to provide health information
• 22E Duty to provide information for purposes of blood collection
• 22F Communication of information for diagnostic and other purposes
• 22G Inspection of records
• 22H Anonymous health information
• 22I Offence to fail to retain health information
• 22J Expiry of section 22I
• Part 2
• 23 General powers and duties of local authorities in respect of public health
• 24 Governor-General may exempt certain local authorities
• 25 Local authority to provide sanitary works
• 26 Appeal against requisition or determination of Board of Health
• 27 Local authority may raise loans for sanitary works
• 27A Grants and subsidies for refuse disposal works, sewerage works, and water supplies
• 28 Appointment of environmental health officers by local authorities
• 29 Nuisances defined for purposes of this Act
• 30 Penalties for permitting or causing nuisances
• 31 Provisions of this Act as to nuisances to be in addition to other rights
• 32 Provisions of this Act as to nuisances to apply to Crown
• 33 Proceedings in respect of nuisances
• 34 Power to abate nuisance without notice
• 35 Proceedings when nuisance caused by default outside district
• 36 Local authorities to make provision for removal of refuse, etc
• 37 Further provisions as to removal of refuse, etc
• 38 Right of local authority to use portion of reserve for depot
• 39 Requirements of dwellinghouses as to supply of water and sanitary conveniences
• 40 Sanitary requirements for business premises
• 41 Owners or occupiers may be required to cleanse premises
• 42 Local authority may require repairs and issue closing order
• 43 Appeal against closing order
• 44 Issue of closing order by medical officer of health
• 45 Determination of closing order
• 46 Closing order for premises owned by local authority
• 47 Failure to comply with closing order
• 48 Local authority may require demolition
• 49 District Court may make demolition order
• 50 Issue of requisition by medical officer of health
• 51 Enforcement of demolition order
• 52 Offences in respect of requisition or demolition order
• 53 Restriction on use of materials for building
• 53A Mortgagee may do acts required of owner
• 53B Provisions where owner is a trustee
• 53C Advances by local authority to owners
• 54 Restrictions on carrying on offensive trade
• 55 Appeal against decision refusing consent for offensive trade or refusing registration of premises for offensive trade
• 56 Local authority to notify medical officer of health of registered chemical works
• 57 Local authority may restrict keeping of animals
• 58 Restrictions on establishment of stock saleyards
• 59 Appeal against decision refusing consent for stock saleyard or refusing registration of premises for stock saleyard
• 60 Pollution of water supply
• 61 Control of watercourses, etc
• 62 Supply of water from polluted source
• 63 Powers of Director-General as to polluted water supply
• 64 Bylaws
• 65 General provisions as to bylaws
• 65A Effect of Building Act 2004 on bylaws
• 66 Penalties for breach of bylaws
• 67 Mode of making bylaws
• 68 Copies of bylaws to be available
• 69 Duties and powers of harbour boards
• Part 2A
• 69A Purpose
• 69B This Part generally to apply on commencement
• 69C Application of sections 69S to 69ZC generally
• 69D Application of sections 69S to 69ZC to bulk suppliers
• 69E Application of sections 69S to 69ZC to water carriers
• 69F Bulk suppliers, networked suppliers, and water carriers may elect earlier compliance
• 69G Interpretation
• 69H All...