South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH COMMISSION ACT 1976 - SECT 58A

58A—Provision where incorporated hospital or health centre fails persistently to properly discharge its functions

        (1)         Where the board of an incorporated hospital or an incorporated health centre—

            (a)         contravenes, or fails to comply with, a provision of this Act or of its approved constitution; or

            (b)         has, in the opinion of the Governor, been guilty of serious financial mismanagement; or

            (c)         has, in the opinion of the Governor, persistently failed properly to perform the functions for which it was established; or

            (d)         seeks its own dissolution on the basis that a majority of the board are of the opinion that the board is unable to perform properly the functions for which it was established,

the Governor may, by proclamation, remove all members of the board from office.

        (2)         The Governor may, by a proclamation under subsection (1) or a subsequent proclamation, appoint a person, on conditions determined by the Governor, to administer the hospital or health centre until the appointment of a new board.

        (3)         An administrator appointed under subsection (2) will have all the powers conferred on the board by this Act or by its approved constitution.

        (4)         The administrator must arrange for a new board of the hospital or health centre to be constituted within twelve months after the removal of the previous board and, for that purpose, the administrator may call a meeting to elect new members to the board.