Victorian Numbered Acts

HEALTH SERVICES (GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT 2004 (NO 52 OF 2004) - SECT 4

In section 3(1) of the Principal Act—

        (a)     the definition of "metropolitan health service" is repealed ;

        (b)     in the definition of "former agency" after paragraph (b) insert —

    "(ba)     a metropolitan health service; or

        (bb)     a public hospital that on or after 1 July 2004 becomes a public health service; or

        (bc)     a public hospital that on the effective date of an Order under section 239 becomes a public health service; or

        (bd)     a transferring agency by virtue of an Order under section 248; or".

        (c)     insert the following definition—

' "public health service" means—

        (a)     a public health service listed in Schedule 5; or

        (b)     premises occupied by a public health service listed in Schedule 5—

as the case requires;';

        (d)     for the definition of "public hospital" substitute —

' "public hospital" means—

        (a)     a hospital listed in Schedule 1; or

        (b)     except in Division 4 of Part 3 and Parts 12 and 13, a public health service; or

        (c)     premises occupied by a hospital listed in Schedule 1 or, except in Division 4 of Part 3 and Parts 12 and 13, by a public health service—

as the case requires;';

        (e)     in the definition of "registered funded agency", after paragraph (c) insert —

    "(ca)     a public health service; or";

        (f)     in the definition of "trust", after paragraph (a) insert —

    "(aa)     a transferring agency by virtue of an Order under section 248 or a former agency of such a body; or

        (ab)     a metropolitan health service or a former agency of such a body; or

        (ac)     a public hospital or a former agency of such a body; or".