(1) In respect of each financial year, the board of an ambulance service must—
(a) prepare, in consultation with the Secretary, a proposed statement of priorities in relation to the ambulance service in accordance with section 22H; and
(b) submit the proposed statement to the Minister.
(2) If the board of the ambulance service and the Minister fail to agree on a statement of priorities before 1 October of the financial year to which the statement of priorities relates, the Minister may make a statement of priorities in relation to the ambulance service in accordance with section 22H.
(3) A statement of priorities may be varied at any time if the board of the ambulance service and the Minister so agree.
(4) If the board of the ambulance service and the Minister fail to agree to a proposed variation of a statement of priorities within 28 days after the variation is proposed, the Minister may—
(a) vary the statement of priorities; or
(b) decline to vary the statement of priorities.
(5) The Minister must cause copies of each statement of priorities and any variation to be made available on request to members of the public.
S. 22G inserted by No. 51/2004 s. 14.