Hospitals Amendment Act 1994 (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HOSPITALS AMENDMENT
ACT 1994
No. 103 of 1994
AN ACT to amend the Hospitals Act 1927 to enable the provision of health services in public hospitals and the establishment of agencies, and to make consequential amendments to certain other Acts and for related purposes.
[Assented to 11 January 1995.]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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| PART 1— PRELLVDNARY | |
| Short title |
1. This Act may be cited as the Hospitals Amendment Act 1994.
Commencement
2. The provisions of this Act come into operation on such day as
is, or days as are respectively, fixed by proclamation.
Principal Act
3. In this Act the Hospitals Act 1927* is referred to as the
principal Act.
[* Reprinted as at 22 April 1993.
For subsequent amendments, see 1993 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, pp. 98-9, and Act No. 49 of 1994.]
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PART 2 — GENERAL AMENDMENTS
Long title amended
4. The long title to the principal Act is amended by inserting
after "private hospitals," the following —
for the provision of other health services
Section 1 amended
5. Section 1 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after
"Hospitals" the following —
and Health Services
Section 2 amended
6. Section 2 (1) of the principal Act is amended in the definition of "hospital service" by deleting "other than the professional services of medical practitioners" and substituting the following —
in relation to the person in question
Section 5A amended
7. (1) Section 5A (1) of the principal Act is amended —
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elsewhere; and
| (c) | health services. |
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(2) Section 5A (3) of the principal Act is amended by deleting
"by a voluntary organisation or private non-profit hospital".
Section 16 inserted
8. After section 15 of the principal Act the following section is
inserted —
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Re-organization of hospital boards
16. (1) The Governor may by notice published in
the Government Gazette ("the relevant notice") re-
organize hospital boards.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Governor may do either one or both of the following
| (a) | where a board (the "original board") is constituted in relation to 2 or more public hospitals, constitute a separate board (the |
"additional board") in relation to any one
or more of those hospitals;
| (b) | where a board (the "former board") is constituted in relation to one or more public hospitals, amalgamate the former board with one or more other boards to form a new board (the "amalgamated |
board").
(3) Whenever the Governor exercises the power conferred by subsection (1), the Governor
| (a) | may amend the corporate name assigned to an original board; |
| (b) | shall assign a corporate name to an additional board or an amalgamated board, |
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in the relevant notice and shall specify in that notice the public hospital or hospitals in relation to which the boards so named are constituted.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Governor may by instrument in writing give such directions as the Governor considers necessary or convenient including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, directions with respect to —
| (a) | the transfer, sale or disposal of real or personal property or moneys vested in, acquired by, or under the control of, any board specified in the relevant notice; |
| (b) | the rights, obligations and liabilities of any board specified in the relevant notice; |
| (c) | the transfer of some or all of the rights, obligations and liabilities of any board specified in the relevant notice; |
| (d) | the rights, interests and welfare of any person employed or engaged by any board specified in the relevant notice; |
| (e) | the continuation by or against any board specified in the relevant notice of any legal proceedings pending by or against that board; |
| (f) | despite section 54 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, the person who is to be the accountable authority of a board for the purposes of the report required by section 66 of that Act with respect to the period from 1 July in a financial year to a day which — |
(i) occurs in the same financial year; and
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| (ii) immediately precedes the day on which the relevant notice takes effect, |
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Governor may, in an instrument under subsection (4), direct that a reference to a board in any instrument, contract or legal proceedings made or commenced before the coming into operation of the direction concerned is to be read and construed as a reference to the board specified in that direction, and that direction is to have effect accordingly.
(5)
The Registrar of Titles under the Transfer of Land Act 1893, the Registrar of Deeds under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856, the Minister administering the Land Act 1933 and any other person authorized by a written law to record and give effect to the registration of documents relating to transactions affecting any estate or interest in land or other property are to take note of the provisions of this section and are empowered to record and register in the appropriate manner such of those documents as are necessary to give effect to this section.
(6)
Without limiting subsection (6), a statement in an instrument executed by a board that any estate or interest in land or other property has become vested in the board under a direction given under this section is evidence of that fact.
(7)
Division 14 of Part II of the Financial Administration and Audit Mt 1985 applies to a person specified in a direction given under subsection (4) (f) as the accountable authority of a board as if the period referred to in that subsection were a full financial year.
(8)
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(9)
If the accountable authority of a former board is under a direction given under subsection (4) (f) required to report in respect of the former board for
the purposes of section 66 of the Financial
Administration and Audit Act 1985, the former board and its accountable authority as constituted and appointed, respectively, immediately before the relevant notice takes effect continue in existence for the purposes of giving effect to that direction and for that purpose only.
The boards affected by the relevant notice are to arrange between themselves for the provision of such clerical, accounting and other assistance as is reasonably required for giving effect to any direction given under this section and, if they fail to reach such an arrangement, the Minister may give such directions to those boards as are necessary for the provision of that assistance and effect shall be given to any such direction.
(10)
Section 18 amended
9. Section 18 of the principal Act is amended —
| (a) | in subsection (lc), by deleting "such guidelines (if any) as are formulated under section 17 (4) (c) of " and substituting the following — |
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the relevant guidelines (if any) under";
| (b) | in subsection (2), by deleting "provided at a public hospital." and substituting the following — |
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provided in relation to a particular patient.
and
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(c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following
subsections —
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(2a) Notwithstanding the State
Trading Concerns Act 1916, the board of a
public hospital, in addition to performing its functions, may either alone or in conjunction with any other person or body, with the prior approval of the Minister, provide services to the Minister, the Department or any other person or body upon such terms and conditions, including payment for those services, as that board
thinks fit
(2b) In subsection (2a) "services"
means services of the kind that the board in question provides for the purpose of performing its functions, and includes advice, the performance of work and the use of facilities.
Section 21 amended
10. Section 21 (1) of the principal Act is amended by
deleting —
| (a) | "$100" in paragraph (c) and substituting the following — |
it
the amount specified in guidelines issued
by the Minister
and
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(b) paragraph (e) and substituting the following
paragraph —
(e) The provision of hospital services and
health services.
Section 22 amended
11. Section 22 (1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting
"Regulating" in paragraph (a) and substituting the following —
Subject to section 31, regulating
Section 31 amended
12. Section 31 of the principal Act is amended by repealing
subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection —
(1) A person is to be admitted as a patient to a public hospital if in the opinion of a medical or other officer in charge the person requires treatment of the kind provided by the hospital.
Section 35A amended
13. Section 35A of the principal Act is amended —
(a) by inserting before "Commissioner" the following —
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(b) by inserting after "public hospital" the following —
or an agency
Section 35B inserted
14. After section 35A of the principal Act the following section
is inserted —
Minister, board or agency not required to be registered
35B. Notwithstanding any written law requiring the
registration of a person who provides a health service,
the Minister, a board or an agency —
| (a) | may provide a health service even though the Minister, board or agency is not registered under that written law; and |
| (b) | does not commit any offence by so |
providing.
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PART 3 — AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCIES
Section 2 amended
15. Section 2 (1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting
before the definition of "board" the following definitions —
"agency" means an agency established under section
7B (1);
"agency board" means an agency board referred to
in section 7C (1) (b);
Section 7A amended
16. Section 7A of the principal Act is amended —
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supply
| (c) | by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph — |
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(ba) to provide diagnostic and related services and any other prescribed services to meet the requirements of the Department, public hospitals and other bodies and persons;
and
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(d) by inserting a subsection as follows —
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(2) For the purposes of the performance of the duties or functions imposed or conferred on the Minister by or under this Act the Minister may —
| (a) | enter into contracts and make arrangements on such terms and conditions, which may include the payment of charges, as the Minister thinks fit; or |
| (b) | make arrangements for the provision of services by an agency or agencies, |
or both.
Sections 7B to 71 inserted
17. After section 7A of the principal Act the following sections
are inserted —
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Establishment of agencies
7B. (1) The Governor may, by notice published in
the Gazette —
| (a) | establish an agency or agencies; or |
| (b) | amalgamate 2 or more existing agencies and establish the amalgamated agency as an agency, |
for the purposes of carrying out any duty or function
conferred on the Minister by or under this Act.
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(2) In a notice under subsection (1) the Governor shall specify —
| (a) | the day on which the notice is to take effect, being, in the case of a notice under subsection (1) (a), a day not earlier than 30 days after the publication of the notice in the Gazette; |
| (b) | the corporate name by which the agency established by that notice is to be known; |
| (c) | the objects and powers of that agency; and |
| (d) | subject to section 7C, the constitution of that agency, |
and on and from that day that agency is established
by that corporate name.
(3) An agency established under this section is to be taken to be expressly authorized by Parliament for the purposes of section 4 (2) of the State Trading Concerns Act 1916.
(4) The Governor may by notice published in the
Gazette —
| (a) | abolish an agency; and |
| (b) | specify the day on which that notice is to take effect. |
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1) or (4), the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Treasurer, by instrument in writing give such directions with respect to the agency or agencies, and any public authority, specified in the notice concerned as the Governor considers necessary or expedient
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including, without limiting the generality of this
subsection, directions with respect to —
(a) the transfer, sale or disposal of real or personal property or moneys;
(b) the rights, obligations and liabilities of an agency or public authority;
(c) the transfer of all or some rights, obligations and liabilities froth —
(i) a public authority to an agency; or
(ii) an agency to a public authority;
(d) the rights, interests and welfare of any person employed or engaged by an agency;
(e) the continuation by or against any agency or a public authority of any legal proceedings pending by or against the agency or public authority;
(0 despite section 54 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, the person who is to be the accountable authority of an agency for the purposes of the report required by section 66 of that Act with respect to the period from 1 July in a financial year to a day which —
(i) occurs in the same financial year; and
(ii) immediately precedes the day on which the notice referred to in subsection (1) or (4), as the case requires, takes effect;
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| (g) | transitional and consequential arrangements generally with respect to that agency or those agencies and any public authority, |
and those directions are to have effect on and from the
date specified in that instrument.
Division 14 of Part II of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 applies to a person specified in a direction given under subsection (5) (±) as the accountable authority of an agency as if the period referred to in that subsection were a full financial year.
(6)
A notice published under subsection (1) or (4) shall be laid before each House of Parliament within 6 sitting days of such House next following publication of the notice in the Gazette.
(7)
The Registrar of Titles under the Transfer of Land Act 1893, the Registrar of Deeds under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856, the Minister administering the Land Act 1933 and any other person authorized by a written law to record and give effect to the registration of documents relating to transactions affecting any estate or interest in land or other property, are to take note of the provisions of this section and are empowered to record and register in the appropriate manner such of those documents as are necessary to give effect to this section.
(8)
Without limiting subsection (7), a statement in an instrument executed by an agency or public authority that any estate or interest in land or other property has become vested in it under a direction given under this section is evidence of that fact.
(9)
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(10) In this section "public authority" means the Department or a body constituted or established under an Act administered by the Minister.
Constitution and other attributes of agencies
7C. (1) An agency may be constituted by —
| (a) | the Minister; or |
| (b) | by an agency board consisting of not less than 3 and not more than 7 natural persons appointed by the Governor, |
according to the terms of the notice under section
7B (1) establishing the agency.
(2) Any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of, the agency or with the authority of the agency by —
| (a) | in the case of an agency constituted by the Minister, the Minister; or |
| (b) | in the case of an agency constituted by an agency board, the agency board, |
is to be taken to be done by the agency.
(3) An agency —
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name;
and
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(c) subject to section 7D, is capable of acquiring, holding, leasing, mortgaging, charging and disposing of real and personal property.
(4) Where an agency is constituted by an agency board, the notice under subsection (1) constituting the agency may —
| (a) | provide that the provisions of the Schedule or such of the provisions of the Schedule as are specified in the notice, with such modifications (if any) as are specified, apply to the members of the agency board; |
| (b) | specify the duties of the members of the agency board to the agency; and |
| (c) | provide that remuneration and travelling and other allowances may be paid to members of the agency board. |
(5) All courts and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the common seal of an agency affixed to any document and shall presume that it was duly affixed to the document.
(6) Regulations may be made under section 37 as to the execution of documents and use of the common seal of an agency or a facsimile of that seal in the State or elsewhere and the use of the seal in the manner and circumstances so prescribed is to be taken to be the use of the seal of the agency.
(7) Without affecting the generality of the powers
that may be conferred on an agency under section 7B,
a notice under that section may include among the
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powers of an agency any one or more of the following
powers, namely —
| (a) | the power to undertake commercial exploitation of any research undertaken by, or of any intellectual property rights belonging to, the agency for any purpose relating to the carrying on of the agency; and |
| (b) | the power, with the approval of the Treasurer, to enter into a joint venture with another person or other persons if the objects or purposes of the joint venture include one or more objects or purposes that are incidental or conducive to the exercise of the powers of the agency. |
Powers of Minister with respect to agencies
7D. (1) An agency that is not constituted by the Minister is not, except with the approval of the Minister, empowered to —
| (a) | acquire, hold, lease, mortgage, charge or dispose of any real property; or |
| (b) | enter into any contract in which the amount to be paid or received under the contract exceeds the amount specified in guidelines issued by the Minister with respect to the agency. |
(2) Without affecting the operation of
subsection (1), the Minister may give directions in
writing to an agency that is not constituted by the
Minister with respect to the performance of its functions, either generally or in relation to a
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particular matter, and the agency is to give effect to
any such direction.
(3) The text of any approval given for the purpose of subsection (1), and the text of any direction given under subsection (2), are to be laid before each House of Parliament within 14 sitting days of that House after the giving of that approval or direction, as the case requires, and included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the agency concerned under section 66 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.
(4) Without affecting the powers of the Minister in relation to an agency constituted by the Minister, the Minister is entitled in relation to an agency which is not constituted by the Minister —
| (a) | to have information in the possession of that agency; and |
| (b) | where the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document. |
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) (a) and (b), the Minister may —
| (a) | request an agency to furnish information to the Minister; |
| (b) | request the agency to give the Minister access to information; and |
| (c) | for the purposes of paragraph (b), make use of the staff and facilities of the agency to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister. |
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(6) An agency is to comply with a request under subsection (5) and make its staff and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (5) (c).
(7) The Minister is not entitled to have information under this section in a form that —
| (a) | discloses the identity of a person who receives any personal health service; or |
| (b) | might enable the identity of any such person to be ascertained, |
unless that person has consented to the Minister
having that information.
(8) In subsections (4), (5) and (7) —
"document" includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is
recorded or stored mechanically, photographically, or electronically or otherwise;
"information" means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the agency in question.
Staff of agencies
7E. (1) An agency may employ or engage such
employees and other persons as it considers necessary
to enable the agency to perform its functions.
(2) If a person who is employed or engaged by an
agency was before that employment or engagement
entitled to any accrued or accruing entitlements under
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a superannuation arrangement by virtue of his or her employment immediately before being employed or engaged by the agency, that person may elect —
| (a) | to continue to be so entitled after taking up his or her employment or engagement with the agency; or |
| (b) and, if an election made under paragraph (a) is in relation to a superannuation arrangement under — | to transfer those entitlements to another superannuation arrangement nominated by him or her, |
| (c) | the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938, that. Act continues to apply to and in relation to that person as if the agency were a department, and the person continued to be an employee; or |
| (d) | the Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987, that Act continues to apply to and in relation to that person as if the agency were an employer, and that person were a member of the scheme to which he or she last belonged before that election, |
for the purpose of that Act and for that purpose only.
(3) An agency may by arrangement with the relevant employing authority within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, or the relevant employer, as the case requires, make use, either part-time or full-time of —
(a) the services of staff employed in the Public Service or in a State agency or instrumentality or otherwise in the service of the Crown in right of the State; or
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| (b) | any facilities of a department of the Public Service or of a State agency or instrumentality. |
An arrangement under subsection (3) is to be made on such terms and conditions as the agency, the relevant employing authority or employer and the Minister for Public Sector Management agree.
(4)
In this section "superannuation arrangement" means the scheme for accrued or accruing benefits under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938, the Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987 or any other superannuation scheme approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.
(5)
Funds of agencies
7F. (1) The funds available for the purpose of enabling an agency to perform its functions consist of —
| (a) | moneys from time to time appropriated by Parliament; and |
| (b) | any other moneys lawfully received by, made available to, or payable to, the agency. |
(2) The funds referred to in subsection (1) are to be credited to —
(a) an account at the Treasury —
(i) held for the relevant agency;
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(ii) to be called the "(name of agency) Account"; and
(iii) forming a part of the Trust Fund referred to in section 9 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985;
| Or |
(b) with the approval of the Treasurer, an
account at a bank.
(3) The funds standing to the credit of an agency in an account referred to in subsection (2) are to be applied in payment of —
| (a) | interest on and repayments of moneys advanced to the agency; |
| (b) | in the case of an agency constituted by an agency board, any remuneration and travelling and other allowances payable to the members of that agency board; and |
| (c) | any other expenditure lawfully incurred by the agency in the performance of its functions. |
Borrowing by agencies
7G. (1) An agency may, with the prior approval of the Treasurer in writing and on such terms and conditions as the Treasurer approves —
| (a) | borrow moneys; and |
| (b) | obtain financial accommodation, |
with or without the guarantee of the Treasurer given
under section 7H.
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(2) Any moneys borrowed by an agency under subsection (1) may be raised as one loan or as several loans and in such manner as the Treasurer approves, but the amounts of any moneys so borrowed and of any financial accommodation obtained under that subsection shall not in any one financial year exceed in the aggregate such amount as the Treasurer approves.
Guarantees
711. (1) The Treasurer may, in the name and on
behalf of the Crown in right of the State, guarantee, in such form and subject to such terms as the Treasurer determines, the payment of any moneys payable by an agency in respect of moneys borrowed or financial accommodation obtained by it under section 7G (1).
(2) The due payment of moneys payable by the Treasurer under a guarantee given under subsection (1) —
| (a) | is hereby guaranteed by the State; and |
| (b) | shall be made by the Treasurer out of the Consolidated Fund, which to the necessary extent is appropriated accordingly. |
(3) The Treasurer shall cause any amounts received or recovered from an agency or otherwise in respect of any payment made by the Treasurer under a guarantee given under subsection (1) to be credited to the Consolidated Fund.
(4) Before a guarantee is given by the Treasurer
under subsection (1), the agency shall give to the
Treasurer such security as the Treasurer requires and
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shall execute all such instruments as are necessary for
the purpose.
(5)
The Treasurer may, after consultation with an agency, fix charges to be paid by the agency to the Treasurer for the benefit of the Consolidated Fund in respect of a guarantee given under this section.
(6)
Payments by the agency to the Treasurer in respect of any such charges are required to be made at such times, and in such instalments, as the Treasurer determines.
Application of Financial Administration and
Audit Act 1985
71. The provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 regulating the financial administration, audit and reporting of statutory authorities apply to and in respect of each agency and its operations.
Consequential amendments to other Acts
18. The Acts specified in column 1 of the Table to this section
are amended in the manner set out in column 2 of that Table.
TABLE
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Act | Manner of amendment |
| 1. Blood Donation | In paragraph (a) of the definition of |
| (Limitation of | "hospital" in section 3, delete "Hospitals Act |
| Liability) Act | 1927" and substitute the following |
—1985
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
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| 2. | Charitable | In section 13 (b), delete "Hospitals Act, |
| Trusts Act 1962 | 1927" and substitute the following — | |
| ||
| 3. | Constitution | In Part 3 of Schedule V, insert in the |
| Acts | appropriate alphabetical position the | |
| Amendment | following |
—Act 1899
Agency established under section 7B of the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927.
In the item beginning with "Any hospital board" in Part 3 of Schedule V, insert after "Hospitals" the following —
and Health Services
| 4. | Death Duty | In section 12 (1) (a), delete "Hospitals Act, |
| Assessment | 1927" and substitute the following — | |
| Act 1973 | ||
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| 5. | Dental Act 1939 | In section 50A (1), delete "Hospitals Act, 1927" and substitute the following — |
|
| Act 1927 | ". |
| 6. | Financial | In Schedule 1, insert in the appropriate |
| Administration | alphabetical position |
and Audit
Act 1985 Agency established under section
7B of the Hospitals and Health
Services Act 1927
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In the item beginning with "Hospital Boards" in Schedule 1, insert after "Hospitals" the following —
and Health Services
| 7. | Government | In the item beginning with "Hospital |
| Employees | Boards" in Part A of Schedule 1, insert after | |
| Superannuation | "Hospitals" the following |
—Act 1987
a
and Health Services
| 8. | Health Act 1911 | Repeal Part WEB. |
| In the definition of "hospital" in section 290, insert after "Hospitals" the following — |
| and Health Services | n |
| 9. | Health | In section 6 (2), delete "Hospitals Act 1927" |
| Legislation | and substitute the following |
—Administration
| Act 1984 | Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 |
| 10. | Hospital Fund | In section 1 (2), delete "Hospitals Act, 1927" |
| Act 1930 | and substitute the following — |
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
In the definition of "Department" in section 2, delete "Hospitals Act 1927" and substitute the following —
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
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In the definition of "Hospital authority" in section 2, delete "Hospitals Act, 1927" and substitute the following —
| " | Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 |
In section 11 (1), delete "Hospitals Act,
1927" and substitute the following —
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
| 11. Industrial | In the definition of "public hospital" in |
| Relations | section 7 (1), insert after "Hospitals" the |
| Act 1979 | following — |
,,
| • | and Health Services |
In section 80C (5) (a), insert after "hospital" the following —
or an agency
In section 80C (5) (b), insert after "hospital", the following —
| • | or an agency |
In section 80C (5), insert after
"Incorporated" the following —
| • | or any other association, whether registered under this Act or not, approved by the Commission in relation to the application or claim in question |
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Repeal section 80C (6) and substitute the following subsection —
(6) In subsection (5) —
"agency" means an agency established under section 7B of the Hospitals and
Health Services Act
1927;
"medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner as defined in the
Medical Act 1894.
| 12. | Medical Act | In section 12 (1) (b), insert after "Hospitals |
| 1894 | the following — |
and Health Services
| 13. | Mental Health | In section 7A (h), insert after "Hospitals" the |
| Act 1962 | following — |
and Health Services
In section 19 (3), delete "Hospitals Act,
1927" and substitute the following —
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
| 14. | Parliamentary | In the Schedule insert in the appropriate |
| Commissioner | alphabetical position the following |
—Act 1971
Agency established under section 7B of the Hospitals and Health
Services Act 1927.
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In the item "Any Board within the meaning of the Hospitals Act 1927." in the Schedule, insert after "Hospitals" the following —
and Health Services
| 15. Perth Dental | In section 3, delete "Hospitals Act, 1927," |
| Hospital Land | and substitute the following — |
| Act 1942 |
Hospitals and Health Services
| Mt 1927 | ”. |
In section 3, delete "Hospitals Act, 1927" and substitute the following —
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
| 16. | Pharmacy | In section 23 (6), delete "Hospitals Act, |
| Mt 1964 | 1927," and substitute the following — |
Hospitals and Health Services
Act 1927
17. Police Act 1892 In paragraph (a) of the definition of "approved hospital" in section 53, insert after "Hospitals" the following —
and Health Services
| 18. | Public Works | In paragraph (6) of the definition of "Public |
| Act 1902 | work" and "work" in section 2, insert after "Hospitals" the following — |
and Health Services
| 19. | Public Sector | In items 11, 24, 33, 37, 40 and 43 of |
| Management | Schedule 2, insert after "Hospitals" wherever | |
| Act 1994 | it occurs the following — and Health Services |
| Hospitals Amendment Act 1994 | [No. 103 |
| 20. | Queen Elizabeth | In section 19 (1), insert after "the Hospitals" |
| II Medical | the following — | |
| Centre Act 1966 | ||
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| 21. Superannuation | In section 32 (1) (b) (i), insert after |
| and Family | "Hospitals" the following — | ||
| Benefits Act | |||
| 1938 |
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| 22. University | In the definition of "managing body" in |
| Medical School, | section 2, insert after "Hospitals" the | ||
| Teaching | following — | ||
| Hospitals, | |||
| Act 1955 |
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| In the definition of "public hospital" in section 2, insert after "Hospitals" the following — | |||
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| 23. Workers' | In clause 18 (1) of Schedule 1, insert after |
| Compensation | "Hospitals" the following — |
| and |
| Rehabilitation | and Health Services |
| Act 1981 |
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