56Guidelines

56 Guidelines

(1)  The Director of Public Health may issue guidelines in respect of administrative matters for this Act.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , guidelines may be issued in respect of the following matters:

(a) the type of information to be included in or to accompany an application for an authority;

(b) the assessing of an application for an authority.

(3)  The guidelines may authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any person specified in the guidelines.

(4)  The guidelines may adopt, apply or incorporate, either wholly or in part and with or without modification, and either specifically or by reference, any document, whether the document is published or issued before or after the guidelines take effect.

(5)  The Director of Public Health may amend or revoke any guidelines.

(6)  The Director of Public Health is to notify, by public notice –

(a) the issue, amendment or revocation of any guidelines; and

(b) the subject matter of the guidelines; and

(c) the place where copies of issued guidelines may be obtained.

(7)  The guidelines –

(a) are not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 ; and

(b) may not be declared under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 to be subordinate legislation for the purposes of that Act.

(8)  The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of the guidelines as if the guidelines were by-laws.