Health Service Act 2021

• Jurisdiction: Northern Territory
• Year: 2021
• Type of Document: Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

HEALTH SERVICE ACT 2021

As in force at 1 July 2022

Table of provisions

Part 1 Preliminary matters

1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1

2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1

3 Purpose ........................................................................................... 1

4 Principles ......................................................................................... 1

5 Effect of purpose and principles ...................................................... 2

6 Act binds Crown .............................................................................. 2

7 Application of Criminal Code ........................................................... 2

Part 2 Interpretation

8 Definitions ........................................................................................ 2

9 Meaning of health service ................................................................ 3

Part 3 Health service

Division 1 NT Regional Health Services

10 Establishment of NT Regional Health Services ............................... 4

11 Functions and powers of NT Regional Health Services ................... 4

Division 2 Executive

12 Appointment of persons to constitute Executive .............................. 5

13 Role of Executive ............................................................................. 5

14 Functions of Executive .................................................................... 5

Division 3 System Manager

15 CEO to be System Manager ............................................................ 6

16 Functions and powers of System Manager...................................... 6

17 Delegation ....................................................................................... 7

Division 4 Service plan

18 Service Plan .................................................................................... 7

19 Variation of Service Plan ................................................................. 8

20 Service Plan to be publicly available ............................................... 8

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Division 5 Advisory panels

21 Establishment .................................................................................. 8

22 Membership ..................................................................................... 8

23 Meetings .......................................................................................... 9

Part 4 Financial matters

24 Bank account ................................................................................... 9

25 Acquittal of funding .......................................................................... 9

26 Audit of acquittal of funding ............................................................. 9

Part 5 Other matters

27 Protection from liability .................................................................. 10

28 Offence to disclose certain information .......................................... 10

29 Annual report ................................................................................. 11

30 System Manager to report quarterly to Minister ............................. 11

31 Regulations .................................................................................... 11

Part 6 Repeal and transitional provisions

Division 1 Definitions

32 Definitions ...................................................................................... 12

Division 2 Repeal

33 Repeal ........................................................................................... 12

Division 3 Transitional matters

34 Abolition of former Health Services ............................................... 12

35 Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations and

substitution of parties ..................................................................... 12

36 Superseded references ................................................................. 13

37 Bank account ................................................................................. 13

38 Money held on trust ....................................................................... 13

39 Financial reporting and audit requirements.................................... 13

40 Service Plan for 2021-2022 financial year ..................................... 13

41 Validity of things done under this Division ..................................... 14

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