Division 1 The chief executive

23   Appointment of chief executive

(1)  A chief executive is to be appointed for each local health district.

(2)  The employment of the chief executive is subject to Part 3 of Chapter 9.

Note. Under Part 3 of Chapter 9, the chief executive is a member of the Health Executive Service.

(3)  (Repealed)

24   Chief executive to manage and control affairs of local health district

(1)  The affairs of a local health district are to be managed and controlled by the chief executive of the district.

(2)  Any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of, a local health district by its chief executive is taken to have been done by the district.

25   Functions of chief executive generally

The chief executive of a local health district:

(a)  has, and may exercise, such functions as are conferred or imposed on the chief executive by or under this or any other Act, and

(b)  is, in the exercise of his or her functions, accountable to the local health district board constituted for the district.