Health (Protection) Amendment Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill proposes amendments to the Health Act 1956 to improve the tracing of people who may have an infectious disease, or may have been exposed to one; increase the range of infectious diseases that are notifiable, and provide incremental options for the management of individuals with significant infectious diseases. The bill also proposes introducing a ban on the provision of commercial artificial UV tanning services to people under 18 years of age and seesk to make a number of administrative changes to streamline legislation including the inclusion of tuberculosis as a notifiable infectious disease under the Act and the consequent repeal of the Tuberculosis Act 1948.
Act text: Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (legislation.govt.nz)
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.Read the bill
Bill text: Health (Protection) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (legislation.govt.nz)
Member responsible
Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
6 November 2014
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2nd reading
Passed
27 May 2015
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
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(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)