21 MARCH
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
863

Disability Services Act 1993, I, Jennifer Mary Shipley, Minister of Health, hereby amend the notice given to the Southern Regional Health Authority on 4 July 1995 as follows:

1. By replacing the words:

"The Crown’s objective is for the Southern Regional Health Authority to improve the health status and promote the independence of people in the communities through the purchase of health and disability services, having regard to:"

with the words:

"The Crown’s objective is for the Southern Regional Health Authority to improve the health status, to improve, promote and protect the public health, and to promote the independence of people in the communities through the purchase of health and disability services, having regard to:"

2. By adding the following to the list of Health Gain Priority Areas:

"(4) Physical Environmental Health
by focusing on preventing and reducing health risks arising from environmental factors and on protecting the public from avoidable harm and illness".

3. By replacing the paragraph dealing with the range of health and disability services to be purchased by the Southern Regional Health Authority with the following:

"In discharging the purpose it is the Crown’s objective that the Southern Regional Health Authority, in accordance with and to the extent enabled by its funding agreement, purchase or arrange for the purchase of the following health and disability services:

(1) Personal health services, being:

(i) Primary Care Services;

(ii) Pregnancy and Childbirth Services;

(iii) Dental Health Services;

(iv) Primary Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support Services;

(v) Secondary and Tertiary Medical Services;

(vi) Secondary and Tertiary Surgical Services;

(vii) Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services;

(2) Disability support services:

(3) Public health services (being services purchased for health protection and health promotion in the areas of):

(i) Social and physical environment : environmental health;

(ii) Social and physical environment : food, nutrition and physical activity;

(iii) Social and physical environment : prevention and control of communicable disease;

(iv) Maori;

(v) Children

(vi) Young people;

(vii) Adults;

(viii) Older people.

The Southern Regional Health Authority should purchase public health services in a manner which enables the Director-General of Health to arrange for the performance of various public health regulatory services through designated officers."

5. By replacing the words:

"(2) target services, where appropriate, to particular individuals in relation to need. These target populations may be defined by a range of factors related to identifiable health and/or disability need; and"

with the words:

"(2) (i) in respect of Personal health services, target services, where appropriate, to particular individuals in relation to need. These target populations may be defined by a range of factors related to identifiable health and/or disability need; and

(ii) in respect of Public Health services, target services, where appropriate, to particular populations in relation to need. These target populations may be defined by geography, age, culture or a range of other factors related to identifiable health and/or disability need; and"

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of March 1996.

HON. JENNY SHIPLEY, Minister of Health.

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Internal Affairs

Gaming and Lotteries Act 1977

Appointment to the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board

Pursuant to section 116A(2)(d) of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1977, Her Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mr Colin Richard Harman, solicitor of Christchurch as a member of the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, for a term of 3 years commencing on the 1st day of March 1996 and expiring on the 28th day of February 1999.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 1996.

PETER DUNNE, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Justice

Criminal Justice Act 1985

Parole Board Appointments

Pursuant to section 130 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Richard Alexander Heron, High Court of Judge of Wellington

as Chairperson of the Parole Board for a term of 3 years on and from 5 May 1996, and

Mita Hikairo Mohi, polytechnic tutor of Ngongotaha as a member of the Parole Board for a term of 3 years on and from the date hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 1996.

D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.

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Human Rights Act 1993

Proceedings Commissioner Appointed

Pursuant to section 7(e) of the Human Rights Act 1993, I, Her Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, has been pleased to appoint

Christopher Charles Lawrence, Crown Counsel of Wellington

as a Human Rights Commissioner for a term of 5 years on and from the date hereof.