New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 30

30 Combined management or assistance in management of public hospitals, health institutions, health services or health support services

(cf AHS Act s 22)

(1) Any two or more local health districts, or any one or more local health districts and any one or more non-district health organisations, may, by agreement, jointly control and manage any public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service.

(2) A local health district may, by agreement, manage any public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service under the control of another local health district or a non-district health organisation, or assist in that management, for and on behalf of that other local health district or non-district health organisation.

(3) A local health district must not enter into an agreement under this section without the approval of the Minister.

(4) A public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service is not, for the purposes of this or any other Act, to be regarded as being under the control of a local health district because the local health district manages, or assists in the management of, the hospital, health institution, health service or health support service for and on behalf of another local health district or of a non-district health organisation.

(5) In this section--

"non-district health organisation" means--

(a) a statutory health corporation, or

(b) an affiliated health organisation.