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 2020 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 2020, Notice No. 2020-go5778); and
2. Specify the Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Opioid Substitution 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 Community Mental Health & Addiction Service
   4 Station Road
   Kaikohe
   Northland 0405;

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

   Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau
   1956 State Highway 1
   Kaiwaka
   Northland 0573.

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 Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Opioid Substitution 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 Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Opioid Substitution 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 Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Opioid Substitution 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 Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Opioid Substitution Service.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2025.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2022.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Manatū Hauora.