New Zealand Acts

PAE ORA (HEALTHY FUTURES) ACT 2022 - SECT 93

93 Expert advisory committee on public health

1 The Minister must establish an expert advisory committee on public health.

2 The purpose of the committee is to provide independent advice to the Minister, the Public Health Agency, and Health New Zealand on the following matters:

a) public health issues, including factors underlying the health of people, whānau, and communities:

b) the promotion of public health:

c) any other matters that the Minister or the Public Health Agency specifies by notice to the committee.

3 The committee—

a) consists of such members as the Minister determines after consulting the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee; and

b) may, subject to any written directions that the Minister gives to the committee, regulate its procedure in any manner that the committee thinks fit.

4 When determining appointments to the committee, the Minister must be satisfied that the committee collectively has knowledge of, and experience and expertise in relation to, population health, health equity, te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi), epidemiology, health intelligence, health surveillance, health promotion, health protection, and preventative health.

5 Each member of the committee is appointed on any terms and conditions (including terms and conditions as to remuneration and travelling allowances and expenses) that the Minister determines by written notice to the member.

History: Section 93(2): amended, on 30 June 2024, by section 37 of the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 5).