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HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 29 Removal of members of local health district board and appointment of administrator

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 29

Removal of members of local health district board and appointment of administrator

29 Removal of members of local health district board and appointment of administrator

(1) The Minister may at any time, for any reason or no reason and without notice, by order published in the Gazette--
(a) remove any member or all members of a local health district board from office, or
(b) remove all members of a local health district board from office and appoint, as administrator of the local health district concerned, the chief executive of the district or any other person specified in the order for such period as may be specified in the order.
(2) If the Minister appoints an administrator of a local health district under this section, the Minister is (as soon as is reasonably practicable after the appointment is made) to make a statement in Parliament concerning the basis for the appointment of the administrator.
(3) An administrator of a local health district has and may exercise, subject to any conditions that may be specified in the order by which the administrator is appointed, all the functions of the chief executive and board for that district.
(4) An administrator of a local health district is entitled to be paid from the funds of that district such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the administrator.
(5) The regulations may make provision with respect to administrators of local health districts.