61Delegations by statutory health corporations

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—

(a) this power of delegation, or

(b) the power to make by-laws.

Note.

Section 49 of the Interpretation Act 1987 contains general provisions relating to the delegation of functions.

(2) The relevant authority may give any direction to a statutory health corporation concerning delegations under this section that the relevant authority thinks fit.

(3) Nothing in this section authorises a statutory health corporation to delegate the whole of its functions to another person.

(4) For the purposes of this section, the functions of a board governed health corporation include the functions of its health corporation board.

(5) In this section, relevant authority means—

(a) in relation to a board governed health corporation, the Minister, and

(b) in relation to a chief executive governed health corporation or specialty network governed health corporation, the Health Secretary.

s 61: Am 2004 No 92, Sch 1 [24]–[26]; 2006 No 2, Sch 2 [20] [21]; 2010 No 97, Sch 1.1 [21].