(1) In this Act, service agreement means an agreement under which 1 or more DHBs agree to provide money to a person in return for the person providing services or arranging for the provision of services.
(2) A DHB may, if permitted to do so by a plan prepared under section 38 and in accordance with that plan,—
(a) negotiate and enter into service agreements containing any terms and conditions that may be agreed; and
(b) negotiate and enter into agreements to amend service agreements.
(3) A DHB that has entered into a service agreement must monitor the performance under that agreement of the other parties to that agreement.
Section 25(2): amended, on 24 February 2011, by section 11 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 118).