Health Services Act 1997

The relevant authority may, from time to time, determine the role, functions and activities of any public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service under the control of a statutory health corporation and, for that purpose, give any necessary directions—

in the case of a chief executive governed health corporation, to the chief executive of that corporation, or

in the case of a board governed health corporation, to the health corporation board for that corporation, or

in the case of a specialty network governed health corporation, to the corporation.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may direct a statutory health corporation to do any of the following if the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so—

establish any hospital, health institution, health service or health support service,

close any public hospital or health institution, or cease to provide any health service or health support service, under its control,

restrict the range of health care or treatment provided by any public hospital, health institution or health service under its control.

In this section, relevant authority means—

in relation to a board governed health corporation, the Minister, and

in relation to a chief executive governed health corporation or specialty network governed health corporation, the Health Secretary.