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CANCER INSTITUTE (NSW) AMENDMENT BILL 2012





Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment
Bill 2012
No     , 2012


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Cancer Institute (NSW) Act 2003 to make further provision
regarding the constitution and functions of the Cancer Institute (NSW); and for other
purposes.
Clause 1      Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Bill 2012




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                        1

 1    Name of Act                                                                 2

           This Act is the Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Act 2012.             3

 2    Commencement                                                                4

           This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.   5




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Amendment of Cancer Institute (NSW) Act 2003 No 14                      Schedule 1




Schedule 1              Amendment of Cancer Institute (NSW)                             1
                        Act 2003 No 14                                                  2

[1]   Section 3 Definitions                                                             3

      Omit the definition of Chief Cancer Officer from section 3 (1).                   4

      Insert instead:                                                                   5

                   Chief Cancer Officer means the Chief Cancer Officer appointed        6
                   under section 10.                                                    7

[2]   Section 8 Membership of Board                                                     8

      Omit section 8 (1) (a). Insert instead:                                           9
                   (a) at least 5, but not more than 11, persons appointed by the      10
                          Minister, and                                                11

[3]   Section 10 Chief Cancer Officer                                                  12

      Omit section 10 (1) and (2). Insert instead:                                     13

             (1)   There is to be a Chief Cancer Officer.                              14

             (2)   If the position of Chief Cancer Officer is an executive position    15
                   within the meaning of Part 3 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services    16
                   Act 1997, the appointment and employment of the Chief Cancer        17
                   Officer is subject to that Part.                                    18

           (2A)    If the position of Chief Cancer Officer is not an executive         19
                   position within the meaning of Part 3 of Chapter 9 of the Health    20
                   Services Act 1997:                                                  21
                    (a) the Chief Cancer Officer is to be appointed by the             22
                          Minister, and                                                23
                   (b) the Chief Cancer Officer is, while holding that office, to be   24
                          employed under Part 1 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services    25
                          Act 1997 in the NSW Health Service.                          26

[4]   Section 10 (5), (7) and (8)                                                      27

      Omit the subsections.                                                            28




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[5]   Section 11                                                                             1
      Insert after section 10:                                                               2

         11   Removal of members and appointment of administrator                            3

              (1)      The Governor may at any time, for any reason or no reason and         4
                       without notice, by order published in the Gazette:                    5
                       (a) remove any member (including the Chief Cancer Officer)            6
                             or all members of the Board from office, or                     7
                       (b) remove all members of the Board from office and appoint,          8
                             as administrator of the Cancer Institute, a person specified    9
                             in the order for such period as may be specified in the        10
                             order, or                                                      11
                       (c) remove all members of the Board (other than the Chief            12
                             Cancer Officer) from office and appoint, as administrator      13
                             of the Cancer Institute, the Chief Cancer Officer for such     14
                             period as may be specified in the order.                       15

              (2)      The Chief Cancer Officer ceases to hold office as Chief Cancer       16
                       Officer if removed from office as a member of the Board.             17

              (3)      An administrator of the Cancer Institute has and may exercise,       18
                       subject to any conditions that may be specified in the order by      19
                       which the administrator was appointed, all the functions of the      20
                       Board of the Cancer Institute.                                       21

              (4)      An administrator of the Cancer Institute is entitled to be paid      22
                       from the funds of the Cancer Institute such remuneration             23
                       (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister    24
                       may from time to time determine in respect of the administrator.     25

              (5)      The regulations may make provision with respect to                   26
                       administrators of the Cancer Institute.                              27

              (6)      If the position of Chief Cancer Officer is an executive position     28
                       within the meaning of Part 3 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services     29
                       Act 1997:                                                            30
                        (a) the Chief Cancer Officer may not be removed from office         31
                              under section 121N of that Act, and                           32
                       (b) section 121N of that Act applies:                                33
                               (i) to and in respect of a Chief Cancer Officer who is       34
                                     removed from office under this section, and            35
                              (ii) to and in respect of the executive position of a Chief   36
                                     Cancer Officer who is so removed,                      37
                              in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a health   38
                              executive who is removed from office under section 121N       39




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                           and to and in respect of the executive position of a health        1
                           executive who is so removed.                                       2

 [6]   Section 12 General functions of Cancer Institute                                       3

       Omit the note to section 12 (4). Insert instead:                                       4
                    Note. Staff may be employed under Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act    5
                    1997 in the NSW Health Service to enable the Cancer Institute to          6
                    exercise its functions under this or any other Act.                       7

 [7]   Section 21 Independent review of performance of Cancer Institute                       8

       Omit the section.                                                                      9

 [8]   Section 21A                                                                           10

       Insert before section 22:                                                             11

       21A   Relationship with Chapter 10 of Health Services Act 1997                        12

              (1)   Chapter 10 (Administration of the public health system) of the           13
                    Health Services Act 1997 extends to the Cancer Institute as if it        14
                    were a statutory health corporation.                                     15

              (2)   To the extent of any inconsistency, that Chapter (as extended by         16
                    subsection (1)) prevails over this Act.                                  17

 [9]   Section 25 Regulations                                                                18

       Omit section 25 (2)-(4).                                                              19

[10]   Schedule 1 Provisions relating to members and procedure of Board                      20

       Omit "3 years" from clause 4 of the Schedule. Insert instead "4 years".               21

[11]   Schedule 3                                                                            22

       Insert after Schedule 2:                                                              23


       Schedule 3             Savings, transitional and other                                24
                              provisions                                                     25


       Part 1       General                                                                  26

         1   Regulations                                                                     27

              (1)   The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or                   28
                    transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or any       29
                    Act that amends this Act.                                                30




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             (2)      Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect    1
                      from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.         2

             (3)      To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date    3
                      that is earlier than the date of its publication on the NSW           4
                      legislation website, the provision does not operate so as:            5
                       (a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than     6
                             the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that    7
                             person existing before the date of its publication, or         8
                      (b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or      9
                             an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or     10
                             omitted to be done before the date of its publication.        11


      Part 2          Provisions consequent on enactment of                                12
                      Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Act                                 13
                      2012                                                                 14

         2   Transfer of staff                                                             15

             (1)      A person who, immediately before the commencement of this            16
                      clause, was employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector           17
                      Employment and Management Act 2002 to enable the Cancer              18
                      Institute to exercise its functions is, on that commencement,        19
                      transferred to the employment of the NSW Health Service under        20
                      Part 1 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997.                 21

             (2)      However, if a person referred to in subclause (1) was,               22
                      immediately before the commencement of this clause, an               23
                      executive officer under Part 3.1 of the Public Sector Employment     24
                      and Management Act 2002, that person is, on that                     25
                      commencement, taken to be a health executive under Part 3 of         26
                      Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997.                           27

             (3)      The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the        28
                      transfer of employment of such persons.                              29

         3   Saving of appointment of members of Board                                     30

             (1)      The substitution of section 8 (1) (a) by the Cancer Institute        31
                      (NSW) Amendment Act 2012 does not affect the appointment of          32
                      any member of the Board holding office under that provision          33
                      immediately before the substitution.                                 34

             (2)      The amendment of clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act by the            35
                      Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Act 2012 does not affect the        36
                      term of office of any person holding office as a member of the       37
                      Board on the commencement of the amendment.                          38




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        4    Chief Cancer Officer                                                    1
                   The person holding office as Chief Cancer Officer, immediately    2
                   before the commencement of the amendment to section 10 by the     3
                   Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Act 2012, is taken, on that      4
                   commencement, to be employed as a health executive (within the    5
                   meaning of Part 3 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997)   6
                   for the balance of the person's term of appointment as Chief      7
                   Cancer Officer.                                                   8




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Schedule 2      Amendment of other Acts




Schedule 2            Amendment of other Acts                                                  1


2.1 Health Services Act 1997 No 154                                                            2

[1]   Section 116 Employment of staff generally                                                3

      Insert at the end of section 116 (1) (e):                                                4
                           , and                                                               5
                     (f) to enable the Cancer Institute (NSW) to exercise its                  6
                           functions under this or any other Act.                              7

[2]   Chapter 10 Administration of the public health system                                    8

      Insert after the heading to the Chapter:                                                 9
                   Note. This Chapter also applies to the Cancer Institute (NSW) as if that   10
                   body were a statutory health corporation--see section 21A of the           11
                   Cancer Institute (NSW) Act 2003.                                           12

2.2 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43                                    13

      Schedule 1 Divisions of the Government Service                                          14

      Omit the matter relating to the Cancer Institute Division from Part 2 of the            15
      Schedule.                                                                               16




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