Health Care (Acquisition of Property) Amendment Act 2022 (SA)

South Australia

Health Care (Acquisition of Property) Amendment Act 2022

An Act to amend the Health Care Act 2008.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1Preliminary1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Care (Acquisition of Property) Amendment Act 2022.

Part 2Amendment of Health Care Act 20082Repeal of section 40

Section 40—delete the section

3Insertion of section 90A

After section 90 insert:

90A—Acquisition of property

1. (1)

   The Minister may, subject to and in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act 1969, acquire land if the Minister considers that the acquisition of the land is reasonably necessary for the purposes of the provision of health services.

2. (2)

   This section does not limit or affect the power of the Minister, a HAC, an incorporated hospital or SAAS to acquire land, or an interest in land, by agreement.

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

1—Transitional provision

A process to acquire land for the purposes of an incorporated hospital commenced under section 40 of the Health Care Act 2008 before the repeal of that section by section 2 of this Act may be continued and completed in accordance with section 40 as if it had not been repealed.