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Proportionality of the duty: HSWA 2015 s 22 (reasonably practicable) — verified within the corpus at health-safety-baseline; this entry relies on that verification.
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 section 22 — legislation.govt.nz
No licensing regime for the consultant title; HASANZ register as the voluntary verification layer. Verified 10 June 2026: the HASANZ Register's own history records the post-Pike River Taskforce finding that, medically trained professions aside, no competence or qualification standard gates the offering of health and safety services in New Zealand, with many advisers operating outside any professional body — the gap the Register (established 2018, funded by ACC and WorkSafe) exists to address. Listing requires meeting a HASANZ member association's registration standard with independently checked credentials; consultant listings require evidence of professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
Regime boundary: Food Act 2014 food control plans administered through MPI and territorial authorities; council health licensing for personal-care trades varies by territorial authority. Verified 10 June 2026: MPI and all territorial authorities are registration authorities under the Food Act 2014 (registration framework at ss 39–40); food service businesses fall under Schedule 1 Part 3 and operate under a registered Food Control Plan, registered with the local council (single district) or MPI (multi-district), with verification by an MPI-recognised verification agency. Council health licensing for personal-care trades varies by territorial authority — the entry's general phrasing is deliberate.
Ministry for Primary Industries — food control plans — mpi.govt.nz
WorkSafe small-business guidance and visits: WorkSafe small-business hub; business.govt.nz WorkSafe-visits page.
Prequalification boundary: Tōtika as the cross-industry prequalification framework with accredited schemes (SiteWise, Qualify365, Impac and others) — referenced only as a scope boundary in this entry. Verified 10 June 2026 at the level used: Tōtika confirmed as the cross-industry prequalification framework accrediting member schemes (SiteWise/Site Safe, Qualify365/Safe365, Impac among them). This entry references it only as a scope boundary; re-verify the accredited-scheme list only if the body ever expands on it.
Reform in flight: HSW Amendment Bill 2026 — small-PCBU critical-risk narrowing (new ss 22A/22B, Schedule 1A); before Education and Workforce Select Committee, report due 12 June 2026; expected enactment before the November 2026 election.
Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill — legislation.govt.nz
Consultancy positioning research (internal, 10 June 2026): generic HSWA-compliance anxiety as the volume pitch to low-risk operators; template-pack vs embedded-service industry split; disaster invocation for stakes; prequalification pitches concentrated in construction/civil supply chains. Marketing-research basis for the entry's framing — nothing in the body asserts claims about any named provider.