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 area health services, or any one or more area health services and any one or more non-area health organisations, may, by agreement, jointly control and manage any public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service.

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

(3) An area health service 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 an area health service because the area health service manages, or assists in the management of, the hospital, health institution, health service or health support service for and on behalf of another area health service or of a non-area health organisation.

(5) In this section:
"non-area health organisation" means:

(a) a statutory health corporation, or

(b) an affiliated health organisation.