16Alterations or extensions to licensed facilities

16 Alterations or extensions to licensed facilities

16 Alterations or extensions to licensed facilities

(1) The licensee of a private health facility must not cause or permit any clinical areas of the facility to be altered or extended (whether by construction of new buildings or otherwise) unless—

(a) the approval of the Secretary to the alteration or extension is first obtained, and

(b) the facility is altered or extended in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Secretary.

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.

(2) An application for approval under this section must—

(a) be in a form approved by the Secretary, and

(b) be accompanied by any fee and any particulars and documents prescribed by the regulations in relation to an application under this section in respect of that class of facility.

(3) The Secretary may refuse an application under this section for any reason the Secretary might refuse under Division 2 an application for a licence for the facility as altered or extended.

(4) The approval of the Secretary is not required under this section for any alteration or extension required to be carried out under an improvement notice given under Part 5.