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Health Services Act 2016
Part 1Preliminary
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Part 1 — Preliminary
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Short title 2
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Commencement 2
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Act binds the State 2
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Objects of this Act 2
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Medicare principles 3
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Terms used 3
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Meaning of health service and public health service 10
7A. What are successor health service providers for former public hospitals 11
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Meaning of hospital and public hospital 11
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Application of Act to hospital where mentally ill treated 14