Australian Capital Territory
Explanatory Statement
Health (National Health Funding Pool and Administration) Appointment 2013 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2013–43
made under the  
Health (National Health Funding Pool and Administration) Act 2013, Section 8

The Health (National Health Funding Pool and Administration) Act 2013 provides for the establishment, functions and responsibilities of the Administrator of the national health funding pool in the ACT.
The Standing Council on Health (SCoH) comprises of all the Commonwealth, State and Territory Government Health Ministers who have a shared intention to work in partnership to improve health outcomes for all Australians and ensure the sustainability of the Australian health system. In doing so, part of SCoH’s work is to oversee the implementation of the COAG health reforms.
Section 8 of the Act empowers the Minister for Health who is a member of SCoH to appoint an individual agreed to by all members of SCoH to the office of Administrator. This provision requires that the appointment is made by the Minister for Health.
This instrument appoints Mr Robert Sendt as the Administrator for a period commencing from the day after notification and ending on 31 December 2015. All members of SCoH have agreed that Mr Robert Sendt be appointed as the Administrator and that the term should be for a period not exceeding three years and on the agreed conditions of the appointment.
The appointee is not a public servant and his appointment is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of division 19.3.3 of the Legislation Act 2001. 
The Legislative Standing Committee on Health, Community and Social Services was consulted and has made no recommendation regarding the appointment.