Health Services Act 1988

HPV has all the powers necessary to perform its functions.

Without limiting subsection (1), HPV may—

enter into contracts or arrangements, including joint ventures, on its own behalf or on behalf of one or more health or related services;

call and award tenders and advertise;

give written directions to one or more public hospitals—

relating to the purchase of goods and services by public hospitals and the management and disposal of goods by public hospitals;

to ensure that probity is maintained in purchasing, tendering and contracting activities;

require the chief executive officer of a public hospital to audit compliance with purchasing policies and HPV directions and provide audit reports to HPV;

require the chief executive officer of a public hospital to provide HPV with information and data relating to the supply of goods and services and the management and disposal of goods;

employ staff, appoint agents and act as agent;

establish advisory committees to assist HPV in the performance of its functions;

exercise any other powers conferred on HPV by this or any other Act.

A public hospital must comply with an HPV direction that applies to it, except to the extent that the direction is inconsistent with the terms of any contract that was entered into by the public hospital before the direction was given to the hospital by HPV.

The chief executive officer of a public hospital must provide to HPV on request within 28 days or any longer period specified in the request—

audit reports referred to in subsection (2)(d);

information and data referred to in subsection (2)(e).