239Order establishing a public health service

239 Order establishing a public health service (1) If, following consultation with the board of a public hospital, the Minister considers that it is in the public interest that the public hospital become a public health service, the Minister may recommend that an Order be made under subsection (3). (2) In making a recommendation under subsection (1), the Minister must have regard to— (a) the nature and scope of the health services provided by the public hospital; and (b) the size of the public hospital's budget; and (c) any proposal for major redevelopment of the public hospital or major capital investment by the Crown in the public hospital; and (d) any other matter that the Minister considers relevant. (3) The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, on the recommendation of the Minister under subsection (1), may establish a public health service by the name specified in the Order. (4) If an Order is made under subsection (3)— (a) the public hospital whose name is specified in the Order becomes a public health service; and (b) Schedule 1 is amended by the omission of the name of the public hospital whose name is specified in the Order; and (c) Schedule 5 is amended by the addition of the name specified in the Order of the new public health service in the appropriate alphabetical position. S. 240 inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 51.