3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In this Act –

Administrator means the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool appointed under section 5 and under the corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States;

COAG means the Council of Australian Governments;

function includes a power, authority or duty;

local hospital network means an organisation that is a local hospital network (however described) for the purposes of the National Health Reform Agreement;

National Health Funding Pool means the combined State Pool Accounts for each State;

National Health Reform Agreement means the National Health Reform Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States that was agreed to by COAG on 2 August 2011, as amended from time to time;

responsible Minister for a jurisdiction means the relevant Minister with portfolio responsibility for the administration of the provision of this Act in which the expression occurs (or of the corresponding provision of the laws of the Commonwealth and the other States);

| Note See also section 29 . |

Secretary of the Department means the Secretary, under the State Service Act 2000, of the department responsible, to the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is assigned, in relation to the administration of this Act;

Standing Council on Health means (subject to subsection (2) ) the Ministerial Council by that name or, if there is no such Ministerial Council, the standing Ministerial Council established or recognised by COAG whose members include all Ministers in Australia having portfolio responsibility for health;

State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory;

of a State means a bank account or fund established or designated by the State for the purposes of health funding under the National Health Reform Agreement that is required to be undertaken in the State through a State Managed Fund;