Health Authorities Act, 1960

Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Health Authority.

18.—(1) There is hereby established the office of chief executive officer under the Dublin Health Authority and the title of holders of that office shall be Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Health Authority.

(2) With respect to functions in relation to the Dublin Health Authority, section 13 of the County Management Act, 1940 , and subsection (9) of section 17 of the City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955

(a) shall apply in relation to the Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Health Authority in the same way as they apply in relation to a Dublin Assistant City Manager, and

(b) shall not apply otherwise.

(3) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to the application of section 17 of the City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955 , to a health authority established by this Act:

(a) subsection (10) of the section shall be construed as if “for Health”were inserted before “as an approved officer”;

(b) where a delegation is made under the section to an officer of the Dublin Health Authority, that officer shall, without prejudice to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of the section, perform the delegated function under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Health Authority.