PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1998

No. 23 of 1998.
Certified on: 6.8.98

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Functions of Boards (Amendment of Section 7).
2. Powers of Boards (Amendment of Section 8).

AN ACT
entitled
Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1998, 
Being an Act to amend the Public Hospitals Act 1994,
MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.
1	FUNCTIONS OF BOARDS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7).
Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) by repealing the words "In respect of the public hospital for which it is established, the functions of the Board are -" and replacing them with the following:‑
	"Subject to the National Health Administration Act 1997, a Board has, in respect of the public hospital for which it is established, the following functions -".
2	POWERS OF BOARDS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8).
Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the beginning of that section the following:-
	"Subject to the National Health Administration Act 1997,".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1998 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.
I hereby certify that the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1998 was made by the National Parliament on 24 June 1998.
Speaker of the National Parliament.