In respect of every notice given to a Medical Officer of Health under section 74 of the Act there shall be payable out of money appropriated by Parliament, to the medical practitioner who gave the notice, a fee of 5s:
Provided that no fee shall be payable in respect of a notice—
(a) Given by a medical practitioner in the full-time exclusive employment of the Crown or of a district health board; or
(b) Given by a medical practitioner who has, during the seven days preceding the date of the notice of another case of the same disease on the same premises.
Paragraph (a) was amended, as from 1 January 2001, by section 111(2) New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (2000 No 91) by substituting the words “district health board”
for the words “Hospital Board”
.