5Forensic medicine and analytical services

5 Forensic medicine and analytical services

5 Forensic medicine and analytical services

(1) All interests of an existing area health service in land or other property that relate exclusively to a forensic medicine or analytical service are transferred on 1 January 2011 to the Health Reform Transitional Organisation Western.

(2) If, at the time property is transferred under this clause, the property is subject to a lease or licence between the existing area health service and any other person or body, the lease or licence is, on the transfer, taken to be between the Health Reform Transitional Organisation Western and that other person or body on the same terms.

(3) On the transfer under this clause of an interest in land or other property that relates exclusively to a forensic medicine or analytical service, the following are also transferred if they relate exclusively to the service:

(a) any agreement to which an existing area health service is a party immediately before 1 January 2011 is transferred on the same terms so that the Health Reform Transitional Organisation Western becomes a party to the agreement instead of the existing area health service,

(b) any statutory authorisation that is held by, or applies to, an existing area health service immediately before 1 January 2011 is transferred so that it is held by, or applies to, the Health Reform Transitional Organisation Western,

(c) any asset, right or liability of an existing area health service that is not otherwise transferred under this clause is transferred to the Health Reform Transitional Organisation Western.

(4) In this clause:

forensic medicine or analytical service means the following:

(a) the Newcastle Department of Forensic Medicine (being a unit of Hunter and New England Area Health Service),

(b) the Division of Analytical Laboratories (being a unit of Sydney West Area Health Service),

(c) the Glebe Department of Forensic Medicine (being a unit of Sydney South West Area Health Service).