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

1. Revoke the approval of the Hauora Tairāwhiti Addictions Service and Lead Clinician issued pursuant to section 24A(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 made on 11 December 2020 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 18 December 2020, Notice No. 2020-go5782); and
2. Specify the Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti Community Mental Health and Addiction 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 place:

Community Mental Health and Addiction Service
391 Ormond Road
Gisborne 4010.

3. Pursuant to section 24A(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify that Dr Patrick McHugh, as a medical practitioner, may:
1. prescribe, administer, or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence as the lead clinician for the Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti Community Mental Health and Addiction 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 the Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti Community Mental Health and Addiction 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 the Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti Community Mental Health and Addiction 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 Tairāwhiti Community Mental Health and Addiction Service.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2025.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 2023.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Ministry of Health.