2762 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 106

Animal Protein in Canned Foods for Infants and Young Children (A281). To delete clause (7) of Standard R5—Canned Foods for Infants and Young Children. This clause imposes compositional and labelling requirements related to protein content on foods where a reference is made to a source of animal protein. There are no restrictions on protein content in canned infant foods in the New Zealand regulations.

Matter Before Council

The authority has completed an inquiry into the following application and has recommended to the council the adoption of a draft variation. The authority will now hold a further inquiry into this matter in New Zealand and will make a further recommendation to the council on the issue following this consultation.

Cadmium in Rice Crackers (A208). To enable the applicable maximum permitted concentration (MPC) of cadmium in food to take into consideration the proportion of water removed during the manufacture of food–draft variation to Standard A12—Metals and Contaminants in Food.

The New Zealand regulations specify that the permissible proportion of cadmium in any food other than shellfish is 1 mg/kg.

Nursing Council of New Zealand

Nurses Act 1977

Order of the Council in Disciplinary Session—Order in Respect of Rodger Maxwell Duckmanton, Enrolled Nurse

In exercise of its powers under sections 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (a), 42 (9), 42 (3), 48A and 23 (2) of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand, after due inquiry on 22 May 1996, ordered that the name of Rodger Maxwell Duckmanton be removed from the Roll of Enrolled Nurses. The council declined to fix a time after which he may apply to have his name restored to the roll. The council also ordered that he pay $10,000.00 towards the costs and expenses of and incidental to the inquiry by the council and investigation made by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee; that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the PSA Newsletter and that he return to the Registrar all certificates and badges issued to him under the Nurses Act 1977.

BELINDA GREER, Registrar.

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Order of the Council in Disciplinary Session—Order in Respect of Paula Mary McNamara, Registered General and Obstetric Nurse

In exercise of its powers under sections 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (a), 42 (9), 42 (3), 48A and 23 (2) of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand, after due inquiry on 28 February 1996, ordered that the name of Paula Mary McNamara be removed from the Register of General and Obstetric Nurses and that she may apply to have her name restored to the register after a period of 1 year. The council also ordered that she pay $1,000.00 towards the costs and expenses of and incidental to the inquiry by the council and investigation made by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee; that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the Resthome Associations Newsletter and that she return to the Registrar all certificates and badges issued to her under the Nurses Act 1977.

BELINDA GREER, Registrar.

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Order of the Council in Disciplinary Session—Order in Respect of Stephen James Farquhar, Registered General and Obstetric Nurse

In exercise of its powers under sections 42 (1) (a), 42 (2) (a), 42 (9), 42 (3), 48A and 23 (2) of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand, after due inquiry on 1 March 1996, ordered that the name of Stephen James Farquhar be removed from the Register of General and Obstetric Nurses and that he may apply to have his name restored to the register after a period of 1 year. The council also ordered that he pay $1,032.00 towards the costs and expenses of and incidental to the inquiry by the council; that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, the Otago Daily Times and the New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine and that he return to the Registrar all certificates and badges issued to him under the Nurses Act 1977.

BELINDA GREER, Registrar.

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Order of the Council in Disciplinary Session—Order in Respect of Dale Rochester, Enrolled Nurse

In exercise of its powers under sections 42 (1) (a), 42 (2) (a), 42 (9), 42 (3), 48A and 23 (2) of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand, after due inquiry on 24 April 1996, ordered that the name of Dale Rochester be removed from the Roll of Enrolled Nurses. The council declined to fix a time after which she may apply to have her name restored to the roll. The council also ordered that she pay $875.00 towards the costs and expenses of and incidental to the inquiry by the council; that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the Christchurch Press and that she return to the Registrar all certificates and badges issued to her under the Nurses Act 1977.

BELINDA GREER, Registrar.

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