(1) A service agreement, for a network, means an agreement between the chief executive and the network that states—
(a) the hospital services, other health services, teaching, research and other services to be provided by the network; and
(b) the funding to be provided to the network for the provision of services, including the way in which the funding is to be provided; and
Example of a way of funding a health service—
activity-based funding
(c) the performance measures for the provision of services by the network; and
(d) the performance data and other data to be provided by a network to the chief executive, including how, and how often, the data is to be provided; and
(e) any other matter the chief executive considers relevant to the provision of services by the network.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a service agreement may—
(a) deal with the matters stated in subsection (1) relating to funding provided by the Commonwealth, without the Commonwealth being a party to the agreement; and
(b) state the circumstances in which a network (the first network) may agree with another network to deliver services for the first network.