Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Services Act 1988 - SECT 24

Rules of registered funded agency

24. Rules of registered funded agency



(1) A registered funded agency must not-

   (a)  change its name; or

   (b)  change its objects or purposes; or

   (c)  amend or alter its constitution; or





   (d)  make, amend or alter its by-laws-



without the approval in writing of the Secretary.

(2) If the Secretary directs a registered funded agency to amend or alter its
constitution, objects, purposes or by-laws or make by-laws with respect to-

   (a)  the management of the agency; or

   (b)  the provision of services by the agency; or

   (c)  the election of committees or office bearers of the agency; or

   (d)  except in the case of an agency to which Division 7 applies, the
        auditing of financial statements of the agency; or

   (e)  the disposition of any surplus assets on the dissolution of the
        agency; or

   (f)  in the case of a public hospital, the procedures for appointing
        registered medical practitioners and defining their clinical
        responsibilities; or

   (fa) a matter consequent on the making of an Order under section 248; or



   (g)  in the case of an agency registered under Division 2, the keeping of
        accounts and records, the qualifications of auditors and reporting to
        the Minister-

the agency must amend or alter its constitution, objects or purposes or
by-laws or make by-laws accordingly.

(2A) If the Secretary directs a public health service to amend or alter its
core objects, the public health service must amend or alter its core objects
accordingly.



(3) A registered funded agency must not do or permit or suffer anything to be
done that is inconsistent with its objects or is not otherwise authorised by
or under this Act.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a denominational hospital.