New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 8

8 What is an area health service?

(1) An "area health service" is an area health service constituted under section 17 and specified from time to time in Schedule 1.

(2) The principal reason for constituting area health services is to facilitate the conduct of public hospitals and health institutions and the provision of health services for residents of the areas of the State in respect of which the services are constituted.

Note: The area health service system was first established under the Area Health Services Act 1986 . However, that system was restricted to certain metropolitan areas of the State. The system of area health services established by this Act extends throughout the whole of the State.