Health Services Act 1988

If the Minister decides that the admission of patients or any class of patients to a registered funded agency should be suspended, the Minister—

may in writing direct the agency to suspend such admissions forthwith or on and after a specified date; and

must consider any submissions, whether oral or in writing, made to the Minister by the agency within 7 days after the giving of the direction and may consider any other submissions and any matters the Minister considers appropriate; and

must decide whether or not the suspension should be withdrawn or confirmed and, if confirmed, the period for which the suspension should operate; and

must give notice of his or her decision to the agency.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a denominational hospital.