708Powers of Minister

708 Powers of Minister

(1) The Minister may take any of the actions specified in subsection (2) if, on the advice of the chief psychiatrist or the Chief Officer, the Minister is satisfied of any of the following in relation to a declared operator providing youth mental health and wellbeing services under a service agreement with Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria—

(a) that the declared operator is inefficiently or incompetently managed in relation to the services it provides under the service agreement;

(b) that the declared operator is failing to provide effective, safe, patient-centred and appropriate youth mental health and wellbeing services;

(c) that the declared operator has failed to comply with the service agreement.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the specified actions are—

(a) to direct that the admission of patients, or a class of patients, to a service or services provided by the declared operator in relation to services provided under the service agreement with Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria be suspended in accordance with section 709; or

(b) to recommend to the Governor in Council that an administrator of the declared operator be appointed in relation to services provided under the service agreement with Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria in accordance with section 710.