NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 109

Product:
Avonex

Active Ingredient(s):
Interferon beta-1a 30µg

Dosage Form:
Powder for injection

New Zealand Sponsor:
Biogen Australia Pty Limited

Manufacturer(s):
Ben Venue Laboratories Inc, Bedford, Ohio, United States of America
Pierre Fabre Medicament Production, Idron, France

Note: This consent is valid for 2 years from 30 October 2001.

Dated this 22nd day of August 2001.

G. R. BOYD, Chief Advisor, Safety and Regulation (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the 20th day of February 1997).

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Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Notice of Medical Practitioner Who May Prescribe, Administer, or Supply Controlled Drugs For The Treatment of People With Drug Dependence

Pursuant to section 24 (5) (a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, Dr David George Chaplow, acting under the delegated authority of the Minister of Health, hereby approve

dr John William MacDonald Boyd, in practice at Linwood Avenue Medical Centre, 279 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch

as a medical practitioner who may prescribe, administer, or supply controlled drugs for the purposes of section 24 (5) (a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 subject to the following specific conditions:

(a) Prescription of controlled drugs is limited to the drug methadone;

(b) prescription of methadone may only be made to patients registered at Dr Boyd’s practice who have been assessed as requiring methadone treatment for opioid dependence by a gazetted methadone service; and

(c) only designated locums working in Dr Boyd’s practice, but no other medical practitioners, may prescribe methadone to Dr Boyd’s patients with Dr Boyd’s permission in writing.

Dated at WELLINGTON this 27th day of August 2001.

DR DAVID CHAPLOW, Director of Mental Health.

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Internal Affairs

Marriage Act 1955

Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 10

Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1955, the Registrar-General of Marriages hereby gives notice as follows.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 10.

2. The organisations specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared to be approved organisations for the purpose of the Marriage Act 1955.

Schedule

Door of Light Foundation.
First Samoan Nazareth Church In New Zealand Trust.
Kelston Assembly of God Incorporated.

New Hope Fellowship.
Temple of Iris and Anubis.

Dated at Lower Hutt this 24th day of August 2001.

B. E. CLARKE, Registrar-General.

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Marriage Celebrants for 2001 Notice No. 19

Pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of the Marriage Act 1955, the following names of marriage celebrants within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:

Cotton, Mary Rice, 52B Colson Street, Avalon, Lower Hutt.
Couling, Kevin Derek, 23 Engels Road, Shannon.
Hannah, Heather Ellen, 91A Gordon Road, Rotorua.
Jackson, Te Muranga June, 69 Coronation Road, Mangere, Auckland.
Overington, Sheryl, Pikowai Road, Pikowai, Whakatane.
Ryan, John Richard Edward, 75A Grey Street, Cambridge.
Sharpe, Kirsty Jean, 48 Peninsula Road, Kelvin Heights, Queenstown.
Varnham, Sally Elizabeth Anne, 229B Marine Parade, Worser Bay, Wellington.
Weller, Raewyn Hellen, 8A Tweed Street, Tauranga.
Winter, Gerard Thomas, 55 Russell Road, Kensington, Whangarei.
Wright, Gina Chanel, 12 Darren Crescent, Bucklands Beach, Auckland.

Dated at Lower Hutt this 24th day of August 2001.

B. E. CLARKE, Registrar-General.

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Marriage Celebrants for 2001 Notice No. 20

Pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of the Marriage Act 1955, it is hereby notified that the following names have been removed from the list of marriage celebrants under section 10 of the Act:

Aitken, William Mervyn, Baptist.
Archer, Christopher John, Baptist.
Baird, David Robert John, Methodist.
Barlow, William John, United Maori Mission.
Rowen, Adrian Mark, Lake City Church.
Brown, Doreen Jessie, New Life Churches of New Zealand.
Brown, Philip Selwyn, Baptist.
Calder, Keith Wallace, Baptist.
Cardno, Janine Eleanor, Lake City Church.
Casson, Matthew Donald, Bay City Outreach Centre.
Chaplin, Simon Colin, Baptist.