1 December 2014 Charlotte Yeabsley Clerk of the Health Committee Select Committee Services Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Attention: Simon O’Connor MP - Chairperson Dear Committee Members Petition of Rachel Noble on behalf of the...
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1 December 2014 Charlotte Yeabsley Clerk of the Health Committee Select Committee Services Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Attention: Simon O’Connor MP - Chairperson Dear Committee Members Petition of Rachel Noble on behalf of the Disabled Persons Assembly and 1491 others that the House repeal the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2013 I write to you, on behalf of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’), to express support for the Petition of Rachel Noble on behalf of the Disabled Persons Assembly and 1491 others that the House repeal the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2013 (‘the Petition’). The subject of the Petition, the Public Health and Disability Amendment Act (No.2) (the PH&D Amendment Act), was passed under urgency by Parliament on 17 May 2013 without public consultation. Subject to certain savings, it retrospectively validates the Ministry of Health’s family care policy which had been declared discrimina
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