15 JULY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2023

James Richard Alan Stevenson
as deputy chairperson for a term commencing on the 1st day
of July 1993, and expiring on the 31st day of May 1994,
pursuant to section 46 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.
MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister of Communications.
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Defence

Appointment

Appointment to the Staff of Her Excellency the Governor-General

Her Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
make the following appointment to her staff:

Aide-de-Camp
Temporary Captain Alan Wray Wilson, RNZAC, with effect
from 3 May 1993.
HUGO JUDD, Official Secretary, Government House.
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Health

Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993

Notice to the Residual Health Management Unit
Under Section 17 (1) (b) of the Health Reforms
(Transitional Provisions) Act 1963

Pursuant to section 17 (1) (b) of the Health Reforms
(Transitional Provisions) Act 1993 (the “Transitional Act”),
the Minister of Health gives written notice to the Residual
Health Management Unit (“RHMU”) of functions the RHMU
is authorised to perform—

1. The functions the Minister by this Notice authorises the
   RHMU to perform are—

   (i) Subject to paragraph 1 (vi), to manage all Vested Area
   Health Board Debt until the particular debts in question
   mature or are repaid in full;

   (ii) To lend to CHEs on terms approved in writing by the
   Ministers;

   (iii) To appoint the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Registry
   or such other person approved in writing by the Ministers as
   the paying agent and registrar—

    (a) for all Vested Area Health Debt; and/or
   
    (b) in respect of all CHE Indebtedness;

   (iv) To appoint the NZDMO or such other person approved
   in writing by the Ministers to manage the RHMU’s obligations
   and rights in respect of—

    (a) all Vested Area Health Board Debt; and/or
   
    (b) all CHE Indebtedness,

   for so long as the RHMU remains liable in respect of Vested
   Area Health Board Debt or entitled to receive payments on
   account of CHE Indebtedness, as the case may be;

   (v) Within 3 months of the Effective Date or such other
   period as the Ministers specify in writing, to prepare, or
   commission the preparation of, an analysis of the costs and
   benefits of disposing of all or part of the Vested Area Health
   Board Debt and/or the CHE Indebtedness as opposed to
   having those liabilities and/or assets managed by NZDMO or
   such other person approved in writing by the Ministers;

   (vi) To enter into arrangements approved in writing by the
   Ministers to dispose of all or part of the Vested Area Health
   Board Debt and/or CHE Indebtedness;

   (vii) To provide NZDMO with sufficient notice of, and to
   liaise with NZDMO in relation to, the RHMU’s requirements
   for funds to advance to CHEs or to discharge Vested Area
   Health Board Debt, to the extent that the RHMU’s obligations
   in this regard cannot or are unlikely to be met at the relevant
   time(s) from other money then available to the RHMU for this
   purpose;

   (viii) To provide the Ministry of Health with sufficient notice
   of, and to liaise with the Ministry of Health in relation to, the
   RHMU’s requirements for funds to discharge any other
   liabilities of the RHMU, to the extent that the RHMU’s
   obligations in this regard cannot or are unlikely to be met at
   the relevant time(s) from money then available to the RHMU
   for this purpose;

   (ix) To recover any payment or other benefit any former
   employee of an Area Health Board is liable to pay the RHMU
   under section 13 (2) of the Transitional Act;

   (x) To manage the preparation and audit of the financial
   reports in respect of each Area Health Board for the financial
   year ending on 30 June 1993, in accordance with the
   requirements of the Public Finance Act 1989;

   (xi) To manage all liabilities of the Area Health Boards
   (other than Vested Area Health Board Debt) vested in the
   RHMU on the Effective Date, including, without limitation,
   liabilities under contracts and in respect of Claims;

   (xii) To hold and manage all assets of the Area Health
   Boards vested in the RHMU on the Effective Date until such
   assets—

    (a) are transferred to another transferee; or
   
    (b) mature or are disposed of by the RHMU; or
   
    (c) are no longer subject to a trust, restriction or
    encumbrance; or
   
    (d) are dealt with in accordance with the trust to which they
    are subject;

   (xiii) To determine entitlements to the “Patients Frozen
   Funds” held on trust by the RHMU, where applicable in
   accordance with the Transitional Act, and to trace and pay
   beneficiaries their respective entitlements; and

   (xiv) To act at all times in accordance with paragraph 3 of
   this Notice.

2. The Minister may from time to time by written notice—

   (i) authorise the RHMU to perform further functions; and

   (ii) add to, or modify or delete any functions previously
   notified to the RHMU by the Minister.

3. In carrying out and performing its functions, the RHMU
   must act at all times in a manner that—

   (i) is consistent with, and so far as possible maximises, the
   Crown’s best interests;

   (ii) complies with the Transitional Act, the Public Finance
   Act 1989 and all applicable statutes, regulations and other
   laws.

4. Terms defined in the Transitional Act 1993, and used in this
   Notice, shall have the same meaning in this Notice, unless the
   context requires otherwise.

5. For the purposes of this notice—

   “Area Health Board” means an area health board
   established under section 6 of the Area Health Boards Act
   1983;

   “CHE” means a company formed and registered by the
   Minister of Finance and the Minister for Crown Health
   Enterprises in accordance with section 37 of the Health
   and Disability Services Act;

   “CHE Indebtedness” means money owing to the RHMU
   by a CHE in respect of—

    (a) loans outstanding as at the Effective Date; or