Agency:
Queenstown Public Hospitals District Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
06 Mar 1946
End Date:
27 Sep 1983
Description:
As originally constituted the District comprised the Municipality of Queenstown and the Board managed the Queenstown. Statutory Rule 1968 Number 113, dated 16 July, added the municipalities of Gormanston and Strahan, changed the name of the hospital to Lyell District Hospital, and transferred management of the Strahan District Nursing Centre from the Department to the Board. There is some confusion over when the Board changed its name to West Coast but the formal instrument accomplishing the change (SR1983/190) was dated 27 September 1983.~
Legislation Administered:
Hospital Act 1918
Legislation Creating:
Hospital Act 1918 (9 Geo V No.70) (Order in Council 6 Mar 1946: not gazetted.
Functions Performed:
Health care
Controlled Agencies:
| West Coast District Hospital (TA463) | 01 Jan 1897 |
Controlling Agencies:
| Department of Public Health (TA19) | 06 Jan 1904 | 01 Aug 1956 |
| Department of Health Services (TA23) | 01 Aug 1956 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Previous Agencies:
| District Nursing Service (Bush Nursing Association) (TA1110) | 01 Jan 1922 | 31 Dec 1968 |
| Zeehan Public Hospitals District Board (TA949) | 22 Mar 1946 | 10 Dec 1970 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| West Coast Public Hospitals District Board (TA972) | 28 Sep 1983 | 15 Sep 1990 |