Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2017
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Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2017
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 7th day of August 2017
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is made under section 2(1) of the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2017.
2 Commencement of Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016
The Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 comes into force on 31 January 2018.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order brings the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 into force on 31 January 2018. That Act amends the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 by renaming a doctor’s certificate as a certificate of cause of death and by replacing references to a doctor with references to either a health practitioner, a medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner, or a combination of those terms.
Date of notification in Gazette: 10 August 2017.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.
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Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2017
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