Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) In this Act:
"Administrator "means the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool appointed under section 5 and under the corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States.
Note
See the definition of NT Administrator.
"Agency (Health) "means the Agency that is responsible for health as an area of government and is administered by the Minister for this jurisdiction who is a member of the Standing Council on Health.
"CEO (Health)" means the chief executive officer of the Agency (Health).
"COAG" means the Council of Australian Governments.
"local hospital network" means an organisation that is a local hospital network (however described) for the purposes of the National Health Reform Agreement.
Note
See section 5 of the Hospital Networks Governing Councils Act.
"National Health Funding Pool" means the combined State Pool Accounts for each State.
"National Health Reform Agreement" means the National Health Reform Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States that was agreed to by COAG on 2 August 2011, as amended from time to time.
"NT Administrator" means the Administrator, or an Acting Administrator, appointed under the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth).
Note
This definition is included to distinguish the Administrator of the Northern Territory from the person appointed as the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool under section 5 and under the corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and other States.
"responsible Minister", for a jurisdiction, means the relevant Minister with portfolio responsibility for the administration of the provision of this Act in which the expression occurs (or of the corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States).
Note
See also section 30 .
"Standing Council on Health" means (subject to subsection (2)) the Ministerial Council by that name or, if there is no such Ministerial Council, the standing Ministerial Council established or recognised by COAG whose members include all Ministers in Australia having portfolio responsibility for health.
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
"State Managed Fund", of a State, means a bank account or fund established or designated by the State for the purposes of health funding under the National Health Reform Agreement that is required to be undertaken in the State through a State Managed Fund.
"State Pool Account", of a State, means the bank account established by the State under Part 3 or under the corresponding provisions of the law of another State.
(2) The Standing Council on Health, when acting under this Act, is to be constituted only by a single Minister for the Commonwealth and a single Minister for each of the States, and any reference in this Act to a member of that Council is to be construed as a reference to those Ministerial members only.
(3) If there are 2 or more Ministers for the Commonwealth or for a State who are members of the Standing Council on Health, the relevant Minister for the purposes of this Act is the Minister having primary portfolio responsibility for health in his or her jurisdiction.
(4) A reference in this Act to the agreement of, or a request by, a member of the Standing Council on Health is a reference to an agreement or request in writing.
(5) This Act is to be interpreted in accordance with Schedule 7 to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) and, for that purpose, Schedule 7 applies as if references to this Law or a Queensland Act were references to this Act or an Act of this jurisdiction, and with all other necessary modifications.
(6) Subsection (5) is subject to section 24 (2).