HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1927

Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By-laws 1998

These by-laws were repealed by the Hospitals and Health Services (Repeal) By-laws 2002 bl. 2 as at 9 Jul 2002 (see Gazette 9 July 2002 p. 3353)

 

 

Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By-laws 1998

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Interpretation1

3.Local management committees to be established1

4.Constitution of local management committees1

5.Chairperson2

6.Constitutional provisions2

7.Functions of local management committees2

8.Board may give directions to local management committees3

Notes

Compilation table4

 

HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1927

Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By‑laws 1998

Made by the Western Health Service under section 22 of the Act.

1.Citation

These by‑laws may be cited as the Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By‑laws 1998.

2.Interpretation

In these by‑laws — 

“Board” means the hospital board assigned the corporate name “Western Health Service” under clause 4 of the Hospitals and Health Services (Re‑organization of Hospital Boards) Notice (No. 2) 1997.

3.Local management committees to be established

The Board is to establish a local management committee for each public hospital under the control of the Board.

4.Constitution of local management committees

(1)A local management committee is to consist of not less than 3 persons or more than 9 persons appointed under sub‑bylaw (2).

(2)At least — 

(a)2 persons are to be appointed by the Board from its members; and

(b)one person is to be appointed by the Board from persons nominated to the Board in accordance with procedures determined by the Board and approved by the Minister.

5.Chairperson

The members of a local management committee are to elect one of them who was appointed under by‑law 4 (2) (a) to be the chairperson of the committee.

6.Constitutional provisions

(1)Subject to sub‑bylaw (2), Schedule 1 to the Act has effect in relation to the constitutional provisions that apply to a local management committee.

(2)For the purposes of sub‑bylaw (1) — 

(a)a reference in Schedule 1 to the Act — 

(i)to the Governor or the Minister is to be taken to be a reference to the Board; or

(ii)to the Chairman is to be taken to be a reference to the chairperson;

(b)clauses 3 and 12 of that Schedule do not apply; and

(c)the reference in clause 14 of that Schedule to “this Act” is to be taken to be a reference to “any directions given by the Board”.

7.Functions of local management committees

The functions of a local management committee established for a public hospital are — 

(a)to supervise, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to, the management of the public hospital;

(b)in association with the Board, to select the person to be employed by the public hospital as its senior employee;

(c)to manage, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to the management of, the funds available to the Board for distribution to the public hospital;

(d)to participate in business and strategic planning processes in relation to the public hospital;

(e)to supervise, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to, contracts or arrangements entered into for the purposes of services provided by the public hospital; and

(f)to perform any other functions as directed by the Board.

8.Board may give directions to local management committees

The Board may give directions to a local management committee in relation to the performance of the committee’s functions, and the committee is to comply with any direction so given.

 

Notes

1.This is a compilation of the Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By‑laws 1998 and includes the amendments referred to in the following Table.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Hospitals and Health Services (Western Health Service) By‑laws 1998

24 Mar 1998 p. 1605‑6

24 Mar 1998

These by-laws were repealed by the Hospitals and Health Services (Repeal) By‑laws 2002 bl. 2 as at 9 Jul 2002 (see Gazette 9 July 2002 p. 3353)