Prohibition of the Prescribing of Medicines Pursuant to section 48 (1) (a) of the Medicines Act 1981, I, Neil Kirton, Associate Minister of Health, on the recommendation of the Medical Council of New Zealand, hereby prohibit the prescribing of benzodiazepine and its derivatives by Dr Paul Arthur Searle, medical practitioner of Hamilton. Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 1997. NEIL KIRTON, Associate Minister of Health.2