Acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, I, Dr John Crawshaw:

1. Revoke the approval of the Northland District Health Board Opiate Substitution Treatment Service and medical practitioner issued pursuant to section 24A(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 made on 14 December 2017 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 21 December 2017, Notice No. 2017-go6789); and
2. Specify the Northland District Health Board Opioid Substitution Treatment Service as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, pursuant to section 24A(7)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, at the following places:

   Community Mental Health & Addiction Service
   5 Three Mile Bush Road
   Kamo
   Whangarei 0112; and

   Community Mental Health & Addiction Service
   Kaitaia Hospital
   29 Redan Road
   Kaitaia 0410; and

   Mid North Mental Health & Addiction Adult Community Service
   310 Kerikeri Road
   Kerikeri
   Northland 0230; and

   Te Roopu Kimiora Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Addiction Service
   14 West End Avenue
   Te Mai
   Whangarei 0110; and

   Onerahi Plunket Room
   159 Onerahi Road
   Onerahi
   Whangarei 0110.

3. Pursuant to section 24A(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify that Dr Alistair Dunn, as a medical practitioner, may:
   1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence as the lead clinician for Northland District Health Board Opioid Substitution Treatment Service;
   2. authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners as specified under subsection 24A(2)(b) to:
      1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence;
      2. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Northland District Health Board Opioid Substitution Treatment Service as specified under section 24A(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; and
   3. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Northland District Health Board Opioid Substitution Treatment Service as specified under section 24A(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.

Conditions

1. Controlled drugs may only be prescribed, administered or supplied to people who are or have been clients of the Bay of Plenty Addiction Service.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2022.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 2020.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Mental Health and Addictions.