Section 301 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Service agreement for purchase of public health acute services and other health services

301 Service agreement for purchase of public health acute services and other health services (1) The Minister must enter into an annual service agreement in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July with the Minister of Health requiring the Crown to purchase specified public health acute services, and such other services as are from time to time agreed by the Ministers, on behalf of the Corporation. (2) The service agreement must— (a) provide for the payment of money to the Crown in return for the Minister of Health— (i) funding the provision of public health acute services, and any other services (including pharmaceuticals and laboratory services) agreed by district health boards or other providers, under Crown funding agreements on behalf of the Corporation; and (ii) arranging the funding of that provision; and (b) provide how the Minister of Health's implementation of the agreement is to be monitored; and (c) contain the terms and conditions that the Minister of Health and the Minister agree on; and (d) specify service levels for the delivery of such services; and (e) specify the level of payment from the Corporation to the Crown; and (f) specify the mechanism for calculating the sum payable by the Corporation and the method of payment. (3) The service agreement may provide for the method of calculating, and the payment of, the residual cost of public health acute services for the previous financial year (including the financial year that ended before the date of commencement of this section). (4) The service agreement may also provide for the Crown to refund to the Corporation any amount overpaid by the Corporation in a previous financial year for public health acute services. (5) Subsection (4) is for the avoidance of doubt. Subsections (4) and (5) were inserted, as from 11 May 2005, by section 50 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45).