Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Act
—
Administrator means the Administrator of the
National Health Funding Pool appointed under section 5 and under the
corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States;
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration
of this Act;
COAG means the Council of Australian Governments;
local hospital network means an organisation that
is a local hospital network (however described) for the purposes of the
National Health Reform Agreement;
National Health Funding Pool means the combined
State Pool Accounts for each State;
National Health Reform Agreement means the
National Health Reform Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States that
was agreed to by COAG on 2 August 2011, as amended from time to time;
responsible Minister for a jurisdiction means the
relevant Minister with portfolio responsibility for administration of the
provision of this Act in which the expression occurs (or of the corresponding
provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States);
Note:
See also section 31.
Standing Council on Health means (subject to
subsection (2)) the Ministerial Council by that name or, if there is no such
Ministerial Council, the standing Ministerial Council established or
recognised by COAG whose members include all Ministers in Australia having
portfolio responsibility for health;
State includes the Australian Capital Territory
and the Northern Territory;
State Managed Fund of a State means a separate
account or fund established or designated by the State for the purposes of
health funding under the National Health Reform Agreement that is required to
be undertaken in the State through a State Managed Fund;
State Pool Account of a State means the agency
special purpose account and bank account established by the State under Part 3
or the bank account established under the corresponding provisions of the law
of another State.
(2) The Standing
Council on Health, when acting under this Act, is to be constituted only by a
single Minister for the Commonwealth and a single Minister for each of the
States and any reference in this Act to a member of that Council is to be
construed as a reference to those Ministerial members only.
(3) If there are 2 or
more Ministers for the Commonwealth or for a State who are members of the
Standing Council on Health, the relevant Minister for the purposes of this Act
is the Minister with primary portfolio responsibility for health in his or her
jurisdiction.
(4) A reference in
this Act to the agreement of, or a request by, a member of the Standing
Council on Health is a reference to an agreement or request in writing.
(5) This Act is to be
interpreted in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) Schedule 7 and, for that purpose, Schedule 7 applies as if
references to this Law were references to this Act, with all other necessary
modifications.
(6) Except in Parts 7
and 8 and as provided in section 30(2), the Interpretation Act 1984 does not
apply to or in respect of this Act.
[Section 3 amended: No. 21 of 2024 s. 53.]