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About the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand health system. 

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Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

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How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

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These Cabinet and briefing documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister of Health.

The Cabinet paper seeks Cabinet’s agreement to amend the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Order 2005 (the HART Order) to make certain procedures ‘established procedures’, meaning they can be performed routinely, without case-by-case ethical approval.

Title of Cabinet paper:   

  • Ensuring Appropriate Ethical Review of Assisted Reproductive Procedures

Titles of Cabinet minutes:

  • Ensuring Appropriate Ethical Review of Assisted Reproductive Procedures (SOU-24-MIN-0086)
  • Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 2 August 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0280)

Title of briefing:

  • Recommendations to amend the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Order 2005 – H2024039493

Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant sections of the Act that would apply have been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.

Redaction codes:

  • Out of scope of this proactive release.
  • S 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.

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