Health Services Act 2016

The employing authority of a health service provider may for and on behalf of the State appoint a person to an office of health executive in the health service provider.

The classification and remuneration of an appointment under subsection (1) must be —

in accordance with any classification level and remuneration of health executives under section 20(1)(g); and

in accordance with any relevant policy framework; and

appropriate to the functions to be performed by the person appointed.

An appointment under subsection (1) is subject to —

the classification level and remuneration of the appointment under subsection (1A); and

the health executive’s contract of employment under section 128.

An appointment under subsection (1) is subject to any binding industrial instrument.

The term for which a person is appointed to be a health executive must be fixed in the instrument of appointment and must not be longer than 5 years.

The appointment must be governed by a contract of employment referred to in section 128.

A person is taken to be appointed to an office of health executive in the health service provider under subsection (1) if —

the person holds an office that is the subject of a written determination under section 105(2) (whether the determination is made before, on or after the commencement of this subsection); and

when the written determination is made, the appointment is governed by a contract of employment.