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Public Health Act 1997
22Exemption from licensing requirement—activity
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22 Exemption from licensing requirement—activity
accreditation schemes
(1) For section 21 (3), a person who carries on a licensable public health
risk activity is exempt from the requirement to be licensed if—
(a) the person is accredited under an activity accreditation scheme
for the activity; and
(b) the person has not, during the previous year, contravened the
activity accreditation standards for the scheme (as modified, if
at all, under section 23); and
(c) the person carrying on the activity, or a defined influential
person in relation to the person, has not, during the previous
year, contravened this Act or a corresponding public health risk
law.
(2) The Minister may determine—
(a) activity accreditation schemes for licensable public health risk
activities; and
(b) activity accreditation standards for activity accreditation
schemes.