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230  Standing Council on Health
 (1) The Standing Council on Health is (subject to subsection (2)) the Ministerial Council by that name or, if there is no such Ministerial Council, the standing Ministerial Council established or recognised by COAG whose members include all Ministers in Australia having portfolio responsibility for health.
 (2) The Standing Council on Health, when acting under Part 5.2, is to be constituted only by a single Minister for the Commonwealth and a single Minister for each of the States, and any reference in this Part to a member of that Council is to be construed as a reference to those Ministerial members only.
 (3) If there are 2 or more Ministers for the Commonwealth or for a State who are members of the Standing Council on Health, the relevant Minister for the purposes of Part 5.2 is the Minister having primary portfolio responsibility for health in his or her jurisdiction.
 (4) A reference in Part 5.2 to the agreement of, or a request by, a member of the Standing Council on Health is a reference to an agreement or request in writing.

Part 5.2—Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool

Division 1—Establishment and functions