Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The local
governments of 2 or more districts may, and when required by the Executive
Director, Public Health shall, join in the appointment of a medical officer of
health, environmental health officer, or analyst, and in remunerating them.
(2) If the local
governments of 2 or more districts do not, when required by the Executive
Director, Public Health, join in appointing a medical officer of health,
environmental health officer, or analyst, the Executive Director, Public
Health may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint such officer and fix
his remuneration and the proportional part of such remuneration to be paid by
each local government.
(2a) Every appointment
made by the Executive Director, Public Health under subsection (2) shall
continue during the pleasure of the Executive Director, Public Health, or
until the local governments concerned, acting under subsection (1), shall
join in the appointment of another person to take the place of the person
appointed by the Executive Director, Public Health as aforesaid and the
Executive Director, Public Health has approved of such appointment; and while
an appointment made by the Executive Director, Public Health continues as
aforesaid, the Executive Director, Public Health may at any time, and from
time to time, vary the remuneration and also the proportional part of such
remuneration as varied to be paid by each local government, either by reducing
or increasing the same respectively, as he may think fit.
(3) The remuneration
so fixed or so varied shall be a charge on the municipal fund of each local
government, and in default of payment may be recovered by such officer from
any of the local governments concerned in any court of competent jurisdiction,
subject to the right of contribution between the local governments concerned.
[Section 30 amended by No. 24 of 1970
s. 12; No. 28 of 1984 s. 45; No. 59 of 1991 s. 5;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]