(1) The office of
Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool is established by this Act.
(2) It is the
intention of Parliament that the same individual holds the office established
under subsection (1) and under the corresponding provision of the law of the
Commonwealth and the other States.
(3) The Administrator
appointed under this Act may exercise and perform the functions of the
Administrator in relation to —
(a) one
jurisdiction; or
(b) 2 or
more or all jurisdictions collectively.
(4) A reference in a
provision of this Act (other than in section 10(1) or Part 3) to a function of
the Administrator under this Act includes a reference to a function of the
Administrator under the corresponding provision of the law of the Commonwealth
and the other States.