Page 2352 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 22 June 1994
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'Chief Executive Officer, Calvary Hospital' means the person for the time being -
(a) holding or performing the duties of a Senior Executive Service office; and
(b) holding the position of Chief Executive Officer under the rules of Calvary Hospital.".
The amendment will clarify the arrangements under which the Chief Executive Officer of Calvary Hospital may exercise chief executive powers under this Act in respect of staff of the hospital who are employed under the Act. The powers of a chief executive are directly conferred on the Chief Executive Officer, instead of requiring the Chief Minister to make an instrument designating the officer to exercise such powers. It is a more direct transfer of power. I will be moving similar amendments in relation to the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior office-holders.
MR KAINE (3.24): Madam Speaker, the Opposition is not opposed to this, but I seek some clarification from the Chief Minister. There are three clauses in this Bill that relate specifically to Calvary. This is only the first of them; the two that are yet to be debated are clauses 72 and 74. I am interested in the fact that under this Bill there is a chief executive being established there. I wonder how many people employed under this Bill, or under this Act, when it is enacted, work at Calvary Hospital. I understood it to be a private hospital, and I am intrigued to know how many public servants work there. If there are none, why do we need somebody out there with the powers of a chief executive? I am seeking clarification, Mr Lamont. You can look stupid if you want.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.26): I can look up the precise number for Mr Kaine, but I can assure him that it runs to a couple of hundred. Some little time ago we did bring the staff of Calvary Hospital under the Public Service Act. So the majority of them - some couple of hundred staff - are public servants now. By bringing them under the new Government Service Act, we are not changing their situation, other than to give the Chief Executive Officer greater powers. I think that answers Mr Kaine's question.
Mr Kaine: It does indeed, Madam Speaker.
MS FOLLETT: The amendment that I am moving is simply to make it a much more direct transfer of power to the Chief Executive Officer. Clauses 72 and 74, which relate to the filling of SES positions at Calvary, will also be a matter for the Chief Executive Officer, once he has these powers.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
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