126Health Secretary may enter into performance agreement with a public health organisation

#### 126 Health Secretary may enter into performance agreement with a public health organisation 126 Health Secretary may enter into performance agreement with a public health organisation > > (1) The Health Secretary may enter into a performance agreement with any public health organisation. > > > (2) A performance agreement may— > > > > > (a) include the provisions of a service agreement (within the meaning of the National Health Reform Agreement) for the organisation, and > > > > > (b) set operational performance targets for the organisation in the exercise of specified functions during a specified period, and > > > > > (c) provide for the evaluation and review of results in relation to those targets, and > > > > > (d) provide for the provision of such data or other information by a public health organisation concerning the exercise of its functions that the State determines is required to comply with the State’s performance reporting obligations under the National Health Reform Agreement. > > > (3) The public health organisation must, as far as practicable, exercise its functions in accordance with the performance agreement. > > > (4) The public health organisation is to report the results of the organisation’s performance under a performance agreement during a financial year to the Health Secretary within 3 months of the end of that year. > > > (5) The Health Secretary— > > > > > (a) is to evaluate and review the results of the organisation’s performance for each financial year under the performance agreement and to report those results to the Minister, and > > > > > (b) may make such recommendations to the Minister concerning those results as the Health Secretary thinks fit. > > **s 126:** Am 2010 No 97, Sch 1.1 \[25\]; 2012 No 36, Sch 1 \[1\].