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Reprint as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 (SR 1983/52) David Beattie, Governor-General Order in Council At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 28th day of March 1983 Present: The Right Hon D MacIntyre presiding in Council Pursuant to sections 117 and 118 of the Health Act 1956, His Ex- cellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regu- lations.
Contents 1 2 Title and commencement Interpretation Page 3 3 Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.
1 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Part 1 Aircraft arrivals Responsibilities of captain and airline’s agent Arrival otherwise than at Customs airport Spraying of aircraft Persons and things to remain on board until after spraying is completed Exemptions from spraying Register of aircraft Certificate of pratique Part 2 Ship arrivals Notification of health on ship Quarantine signal Maritime declaration of health Radio pratique Certificate of pratique Deratting certificates and deratting exemption certificates Approved ports Foreign-going ships Disinfection and fumigation of ships Fumigation Infected rodents on board ship Exemptions for ships Part 3 Control and detention of craft Detention of craft and persons Lifting of detention of craft [Revoked] Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions Powers and duties of medical officer of health [Revoked] Removal of person to hospital [Revoked] Duties of crew and passengers [Revoked] Immigration procedures unaffected Revocations Schedule 1 Customs airports Schedule 2 Prescribed forms Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 3 Measures to be carried out in respect of an infected craft in respect of passengers who have been exposed to infection with a quarantinable disease Schedule 4 Regulations revoked Regulations r 2 19 21 1 (1) (2) 2 Title and commencement These
 regulations may be cited as the Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983.
These regulations shall come into force on 1 April 1983.
Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Health Act 1956 airline’s agent, in relation to an aircraft, means— (a) (b) where some person other than the owner is operating the aircraft under any charter, lease, or other arrangement, the agent of that person the agent of the owner of the aircraft; or authorised officer means any person authorised by the med- ical officer of health to carry out duties under these regulations baggage means the personal effects of a passenger or a mem- ber of the crew of a craft captain, in relation to any craft, means the person who is for the time being in command of the craft craft means an aircraft or a ship crew, in relation to any craft, includes any person having du- ties on board the craft in connection with the operation of the craft; and includes anyone providing any service to the pas- sengers Customs airport means an aerodrome specified in Schedule 1 Customs officer means any person employed in the service of the Customs 3 r 2 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 deratting certificate, in relation to a ship, means a certificate stating that the ship has been fumigated so as to destroy rodents on board the ship deratting exemption certificate, in relation to a ship, means a certificate that the ship has been inspected and that the number of rodents on board the ship is negligible foreign place means any place outside New Zealand infected person means a person who is suffering from a quar-
 antinable disease or who is believed to be infected with such a disease International Health Regulations 1969 means the regula- tions adopted by the Twenty-second World Health Assembly in 1969 medical practitioner means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practi- tioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine port means— (a) a port of entry appointed under section 26 of the Cus- toms Act 1966; and any other harbour or place in New Zealand at which a ship arrives for the first time on any occasion from a foreign place (b) suspect means a person who is considered by the medical of- ficer of health or a health protection officer as having been exposed to infection by a quarantinable disease, and is consid- ered by him to be capable of spreading that disease.
Other expressions defined in the Act have the meanings so defined.

Regulation 2 medical practitioner: inserted, on 18 September 2004, by section 175(3) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48).

Regulation 2 quarantinable disease: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by sec- tion 4(4) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).

Regulation 2 suspect: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
4 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Part 1 r 4 Part 1 Aircraft arrivals 3 (1) Responsibilities of captain and airline’s agent The captain of an aircraft arriving in New Zealand from a for- eign place shall— (a) determine, as far as practicable, whether any person who has become ill on board the aircraft— (i) (b) (c) is suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting (not be- ing caused by motion sickness); or has an abnormal temperature and a skin rash: (ii) determine, as far as practicable, whether or not there is on board any other condition that may lead to the spread of disease: notify the airline’s agent at the intended aerodrome of arrival, at least 15 minutes before the expected landing time, or if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable thereafter, whether or not there is on board any person to whom subparagraph (i) or subparagraph (ii) of para- graph (a) applies, and whether or not there is on board any other condition to which paragraph (b) applies, and, if there is on board such a person or condition, give de- tails of that person’s illness or that condition.
(2) On being notified under paragraph (c) of subclause (1) that there is on board an aircraft a person or condition to which paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of that subclause applies, the airline’s agent shall immediately notify the medical officer of health or a health protection officer.

Regulation 3(2): substituted, on 1 January 1988, by regulation 2 of the Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983, Amendment No 1 (SR 1987/346).
4 (1) Arrival otherwise than at Customs airport If an aircraft arrives in New Zealand from a foreign place at any place (whether or not an aerodrome) that is not a Customs airport, the captain shall— (a) take all reasonable steps to inform the medical officer of health of his arrival; and prohibit the passengers and crew from leaving the vicinity of the aircraft (except for the purposes of (b) 5 Part 1 r 5 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 paragraph (a)) until permitted to do so by the medical officer of health.
(2) If— (a) (b) an aircraft arrives in New Zealand from a foreign place at an aerodrome that is not a Customs airport; and the medical officer of health or a health protection offi- cer considers that— (i) certain sanitary measures are required in respect of the aircraft or any persons on board; and those measures can be carried out adequately only at a Customs airport,— (ii) the medical officer of health or health protection officer may direct the captain, in writing, to take the aircraft to the nearest Customs airport, and shall state in the written direction the reasons for it.
In any such case, the medical officer of health or health protec- tion officer shall forthwith inform the senior Customs officer at the Customs airport to which the captain is directed of the direction and the reasons for it.

Regulation 4(2): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

Regulation 4(2)(b): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Regulation 4(3): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Spraying of aircraft Subject to the terms of any exemption granted by the Dir- ector-General under regulation 7, where an aircraft arrives at an aerodrome in New Zealand from a foreign place, the cap- tain shall make, or satisfy himself that some other person has made, adequate arrangements for the spraying of every com- partment of the aircraft so as to destroy all mosquitoes (if any) in the aircraft.
Every person who sprays an aircraft for the purposes of this regulation shall ensure that the spraying is carried out— (a) with an insecticide approved for the purpose by the Dir- ector-General; and (3) 5 (1) (2) 6 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Part 1 r 8 (b) in accordance with any instructions issued by the Dir- ector-General or, if no such instructions have been is- sued, in a manner most likely to kill all mosquitoes (if any) on the aircraft.
6 Persons and things to remain on board until after spraying is completed Unless the aircraft was adequately sprayed immediately before take off, but subject to the terms of any exemption granted by the Director-General pursuant to regulation 7, where an air- craft arrives in New Zealand from a foreign place, no person on board shall leave the aircraft, and no person shall remove from or permit to leave the aircraft any baggage, goods, or other things (whether animate or inanimate), until the expir- ation of 5 minutes after the spraying of the aircraft has been completed.
7 (1) Exemptions from spraying The Director-General may from time to time, at his discretion, exempt any aircraft or any specified class of aircraft from all or any of the requirements of regulations 5(1) and 6.

(2) Any such exemption may apply generally or only in specified circumstances, and may be granted unconditionally or subject to such conditions as may be specified.

The Director-General may at any time vary or revoke any ex- emption granted under this regulation.
(3) 8 (1) (2) its name or identification mark or identification marks: the exact time of its arrival at the aerodrome.

Register of aircraft The person in charge of the aerodrome at which any aircraft arrives in New Zealand from a foreign place shall record in respect of every such aircraft— (a) (b) Every record kept for the purposes of this regulation shall be made available for inspection on request by any officer of the Ministry of Health.
Regulation 8(2): amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 38(3)(a) of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).

7 Part 1 r 9 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 9 10 Certificate of pratique The certificate of pratique to be given by the medical officer of health to the captain of an aircraft in accordance with section 107(2) of the Act shall be in form 2 of Schedule 2.
Part 2 Ship arrivals Notification of health on ship The captain of every ship liable to quarantine and about to en- ter a port of call in New Zealand for the first time on any occa- sion shall, not later than 12 hours and not earlier than 24 hours before the expected time of arrival at that port, inform the med- ical officer of health or a health protection officer by radio mes- sage of the last port of call, the date of departure therefrom, and the state of health on the ship.
Regulation 10: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
11 Quarantine signal The quarantine signal required by section 100 of the Act shall be in whichever of the following forms is appropriate: Signal to be hoisted (a) in the daytime—Q flag (b) by night—A red light over a white light (the lights to be 2 metres apart) Signifying require I clearance require I clearance health health 12 Maritime declaration of health The maritime declaration of health required by section 102 of the Act shall be in the form set out in Appendix 4 of the International Health Regulations 1969.
Radio pratique 13 (1) On receipt by the medical officer of health or a health pro- tection officer of a radio message, in accordance with regula- tion 10, to the effect that no infectious disease exists on board, 8 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Part 2 r 15 or that an infectious disease that is not a quarantinable disease exists on board, he may grant pratique, and, before the arrival of the ship, inform the captain by radio message to that effect.
In every case where the health protection officer grants radio pratique, he shall immediately inform the harbourmaster, and shall supply to the medical officer of health a copy of the radio message.

In any case where the medical officer of health or a health protection officer is not satisfied that the state of health on the ship is such that radio pratique should be granted, he may withhold radio pratique, and the provisions of sections 99 to 101 of the Act shall apply.
Regulation 13(1): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

Regulation 13(2): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

Regulation 13(3): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Certificate of pratique The certificate of pratique to be given by the medical officer of health or a health protection officer to the captain of a ship in accordance with section 107(1) of the Act shall be in form 3 of Schedule 2.

Regulation 14(1): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Deratting certificates and deratting exemption certificates Every deratting certificate, and every deratting exemption cer- tificate, shall be in the form in Appendix 1 of the International Health Regulations 1969.

Every deratting certificate, and every deratting exemption cer- tificate, shall remain valid for a period of 6 months from the date on which the ship was fumigated or was inspected and exempted.
The fee for a deratting certificate or a deratting exemption cer- tificate shall be such as may be fixed from time to time by the Director-General.

(2) (3) 14 15 (1) (2) (3) 9 Part 2 r 16 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 16 (1) Approved ports The Director-General may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, declare any ports in New Zealand to be approved ports for the purpose of fumigating ships under these regula- tions.
(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), the medical officer of health may, where in his opinion the circumstances require it, permit the fumigation of a ship at any port other than one approved under that subclause.
(b) Foreign-going ships If the captain of any foreign-going ship, arriving at a port of call in New Zealand for the first time on any occasion, is un- able to produce to a health protection officer a valid deratting certificate or deratting exemption certificate, the health protec- tion officer may— (a) if the port is one approved under regulation 16, order the ship to be fumigated, and may thereafter issue a deratting certificate; or if the port has been declared by the Director-General to be an approved port for the purpose of inspecting ships, and the ship is in such a condition that a thorough in- spection is possible to determine the number of rodents on board, inspect the ship, and, if the number of rodents on board is negligible, issue a deratting exemption cer- tificate; or if neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) can be com- plied with, extend by 1 month the existing deratting cer- tificate or deratting exemption certificate to enable the ship to proceed to a port where fumigation may be car- ried out or where the ship may be inspected for the pres- ence of rodents; or if the conditions under which fumigation is carried out are such that, in the opinion of the health protection officer, a satisfactory result cannot be obtained, make a note to that effect on the existing deratting certificate.
Regulation 17: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

(d) (c) 17 10 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Part 2 r 21 18 19 (1) (2) (3) 20 21 (1) Regulation 17(d): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Disinfection and fumigation of ships Every order issued by the medical officer of health or a health protection officer under section 110(1) of the Act directing that a ship be cleansed, fumigated, disinfected, or treated shall be in form 4 of Schedule 2.

Regulation 18: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Fumigation Fumigation shall be carried out by means of hydrogen cyanide in quantity equal to 120 g of gas per 30 m³ of space requiring fumigation.

The duration of exposure to the gas shall be 2 hours and the fumigation shall be carried out in accordance with the Fumi- gation Regulations 1967 (SR 1967/219).

Fumigation for the purposes of obtaining a deratting certificate shall be carried out under the supervision and to the satisfac- tion of a health protection officer.
Regulation 19(3): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

Infected rodents on board ship If, in the opinion of a health protection officer, a ship has in- fected rodents on board, the health protection officer may re- quire the captain of the ship to carry out all practicable meas- ures to prevent the migration of rodents from the ship.

Regulation 20: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Exemptions for ships The Director-General may from time to time, in his discretion, exempt any ship, or ships of any specified class, from any of the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 96(1), and sections 99 to 102, 105, and 107 of the Act, or any provision of these regulations.
11 Part 3 r 22 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 (2) Any such exemption may apply generally or only in specified circumstances, and may be granted unconditionally or subject to such conditions as may be specified.

The Director-General may at any time vary or revoke any ex- emption granted under this regulation.
(3) Part 3 Control and detention of craft Detention of craft and persons [Revoked] In any case to which section 97B(1) of the Act applies, the medical officer of health or health protection officer may take the measures specified in Schedule 3.

[Revoked] Regulation 22(1): revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).

Regulation 22(2): amended, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(a) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).
Regulation 22(2): amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

Regulation 22(3): revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).

Lifting of detention of craft [Revoked] Regulation 23: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).
Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions Powers and duties of medical officer of health [Revoked] Regulation 24: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).

Removal of person to hospital [Revoked] Regulation 25: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).
22 (1) (2) (3) 23 24 25 12 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Part 4 r 28 26 27 Duties of crew and passengers [Revoked] Regulation 26: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).

Immigration procedures unaffected Nothing in these regulations shall limit or affect any of the pro- visions of the Immigration Act 2009 or any regulations made under that Act.
Regulation 27: amended, at 2 am on 29 November 2010, by section 406(2) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51).

28 Revocations The regulations specified in Schedule 4 are hereby revoked.
13 Schedule 1 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 1 Customs airports Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 r 2 Auckland International Airport Christchurch International Airport Ohakea Airport Wellington International Airport Whenuapai Airport 14 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 2 Schedule 2 Prescribed forms Form 1 Aircraft declaration [Revoked] Schedule 2 form 1: revoked, on 1 January 1988, by regulation 3 of the Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983, Amendment No 1 (SR 1987/346).
Form 2 Certificate of pratique for aircraft Section 107(2), Health Act 1956 r 9 [Specify] airport I hereby certify that the aircraft named or identified as “[specify]” ([specify] captain), which arrived at [time, date], has been granted pratique.
Signature: (Medical officer of health) 15 Schedule 2 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Form 3 Certificate of pratique for ships Section 107(1), Health Act 1956 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 r 14 Port of [specify] I hereby certify that the ship “[specify]” ([specify] captain) has this day been granted pratique.

Given under my hand, at [time, date].


Signature: (Medical officer of health or health protection officer) Schedule 2 form 3: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
16 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 2 Form 4 Order to captain to cleanse, fumigate, disinfect, or treat ship Section 110, Health Act 1956 r 18 To [specify], captain of [name of ship] In my opinion the above-mentioned ship is in an insanitary condition (or in a condition favourable to the outbreak or spread of a notifiable infectious disease).
Pursuant to section 110 of the Health Act 1956, I hereby order that the said ship be taken to [state place to which ship is to be taken] and there [state in detail process of cleansing, fumiga- tion, disinfection, or treatment] within [state time within which work shall be done] after the date of this order.

I hereby notify that such work shall be carried out under my supervision and to my satisfac- tion.
Date: Signature: (Health protection officer) Schedule 2 form 4: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).

17 Schedule 2 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Form 5 Medical officer of health Health protection officer Undertaking of person released under medical surveillance [Revoked] r 26(4) Schedule 2 form 5: revoked, on 19 December 2006, by section 10(2)(b) of the Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86).
18 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 3 Schedule 3 Measures to be carried out in respect of an infected craft in respect of passengers who have been exposed to infection with a quarantinable disease r 22(2) Part A Plague The craft shall be inspected and, if so required by the medical officer of health, the passengers and crew shall be medically examined.

The sick may be immediately disembarked and isolated.

Any suspect may be disinsected.


All suspects shall be placed under surveillance for a period of not more than 6 days reckoned from the date of arrival.

The baggage of any infected person or suspect may be disin- sected and, if necessary, disinfected.

Any other articles such as used bedding or linen, and any part of the craft which is considered to be contaminated, may be disinsected or disinfected.
If a rodent which has died of plague is found on board, the craft shall be deratted, if necessary in quarantine.

Part B Cholera The craft shall be inspected and the passengers and crew shall be medically examined.

The sick shall be removed and isolated.

All other persons shall be placed under surveillance, or in ex- ceptional circumstances isolated, for a period of not more than 5 days reckoned from the date of disembarkation.
The baggage of any infected person or suspect and any other article such as used bedding or linen and any part of the craft which is considered to be contaminated may be disinfected.

If the drinking water stored on board is considered by the med- ical officer of health or a health protection officer to be contam- inated it shall be disinfected and removed and the containers shall be disinfected.

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Human dejecta and waste water shall not be discharged with- out previous disinfection.
The health protection officer shall direct the disposal of food- stuffs in the craft or may prohibit their unloading, unless the foodstuffs form part of the cargo carried in the freight com- partment of the craft, and are consigned to an airport or port in some other territory.

Schedule 3 Part B clause 5: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Schedule 3 Part B clause 7: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
20 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Schedule 4 Schedule 4 Regulations revoked r 28 Quarantine (Air) Regulations 1952 (SR 1952/192) Quarantine (Air) Regulations 1952, Amendment No 1 (SR 1962/112) Quarantine (Air) Regulations 1952, Amendment No 2 (SR 1963/184) Quarantine (Air) Regulations 1952, Amendment No 3 (SR 1966/11) Quarantine (Air) Regulations 1952, Amendment No 4 (SR 1968/26) Quarantine (Ship) Regulations 1957 (SR 1957/15) Quarantine (Ship) Regulations 1957, Amendment No 1 (SR 1962/113) Quarantine (Ship) Regulations 1957, Amendment No 2 (SR 1963/185) Quarantine (Ship) Regulations 1957, Amendment No 3 (SR 1969/51) Quarantine (Ship) Regulations 1957, Amendment No 4 (SR 1975/26) P G Millen, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

21 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Date of notification in Gazette: 30 March 1983.
22 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Notes Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) 5 Notes 1 2 3 General This is a reprint of the Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983.
The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 29 November 2010, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.

For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin- cipal enactment and its amendments are contained.

How reprints are prepared A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep- aration of reprints.

For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked 23 Notes Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 are omitted.
For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
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Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legisla- tion reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au- thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) • • • • 4 24 Reprinted as at 29 November 2010 Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983 Notes • • • • • • • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap- ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection ref- erences are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accord- ingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono- logical).
5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51): section 406(2) Health Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 86): sections 4(4), 10(2) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48): sec- tion 175(3) Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24): section 38(3)(a) Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99): section 2(5) Health (Quarantine) Regulations 1983, Amendment No 1 (SR 1987/346) 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2011 25