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Health Services Act 1997
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#### 61 Delegations by statutory health corporations
61 Delegations by statutory health corporations
(cf AHS Act s 34)
> > (1) A statutory health corporation may delegate to any member of the NSW Health Service the exercise of any of its functions, other than—
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> > > (a) this power of delegation, or
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> > > (b) the power to make by-laws.
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> > Note.
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> > Section 49 of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) contains general provisions relating to the delegation of functions.
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> > (2) The relevant authority may give any direction to a statutory health corporation concerning delegations under this section that the relevant authority thinks fit.
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> > (3) Nothing in this section authorises a statutory health corporation to delegate the whole of its functions to another person.
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> > (4) For the purposes of this section, the functions of a board governed health corporation include the functions of its health corporation board.
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> > (5) In this section, relevant authority means—
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> > > (a) in relation to a board governed health corporation, the Minister, and
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> > > (b) in relation to a chief executive governed health corporation or specialty network governed health corporation, the Health Secretary.
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> **s 61:** Am 2004 No 92, Sch 1 \[24\]–\[26\]; 2006 No 2, Sch 2 \[20\] \[21\]; 2010 No 97, Sch 1.1 \[21\].