Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) Payments of funds from the state pool account, including the timing of the payments, are to be made only by the administrator in accordance with a direction of the responsible Minister for this jurisdiction.
(2) The administrator is required to authorise personally each payment made from the state pool account.
(3) Payments from the state pool account are to be made only—
(a) to local hospital networks and for other health services; or
(b) to the state managed fund; or
(c) to a Territory banking account (other than the state pool account or the state managed fund); or
(d) for any other matter that is to be funded through the state pool account.
(4) For subsection (3) (a), a payment to a local hospital network includes a payment to another entity on behalf of the network for corporate or other services provided to the network by that entity.
(5) A direction made by the Minister to the administrator for the payment of funds from the state pool account is to be consistent with—
(a) the purpose for which the funding was paid into the account; and
(b) the national health reform agreement; and
(c) advice provided by the administrator about the basis on which the administrator has calculated payments into the account by the Commonwealth; and
(d) any relevant service agreement between the director-general and a local hospital network.
(6) This section does not prevent the Minister from directing the administrator to pay funds—
(a) to reflect the difference between estimated and actual health services provided; or
(b) for other funding reconciliations under the national health reform agreement; or
(c) to correct any error in payments out of the state pool account; or
(d) to pay fees associated with maintaining the state pool account, including financial institution fees and audit fees; or
(e) for interest earned on the state pool account—for any purpose decided by the ACT Treasurer.