Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

6: Structures and administration

128 Minister may give directions to resolve dispute




    128 Minister may give directions to resolve dispute

  (1)  This section applies if---

      (a)  the Minister has, under section 127(3), attempted to assist the
authorities to resolve their dispute; but

      (b)  it appears to the Minister to be unlikely that the dispute will be
resolved.

  (2)  If this section applies, the Minister may, by written notice to any
authority that is a party to the dispute, direct the authority to effect or
contribute to the resolution of the dispute by doing or omitting anything that
the Minister states in the notice.

  (3)  A direction under subsection (2) may, without limitation, require each
authority to co-operate with a panel of experts appointed by the Minister, and
may also require each authority to be guided by or (as the notice may state) to
implement any recommendations of the panel concerning the dispute.

  (4)  A direction under subsection (2) may, without limitation, require an
authority to amend or replace a notice that the authority has published under
section 11 or section 12.

  (5)  Every authority must comply with any directions given.

  (6)  Before giving any direction under subsection (2), the Minister must
consult each authority affected by the direction.

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