S.I. No. 119/1963 - Health (Age Limit For Office of District Medical Officer) Declaration, 1963.

S.I. No. 119 of 1963.

HEALTH (AGE LIMIT FOR OFFICE OF DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER) DECLARATION, 1963.

The Minister for Health, being the appropriate Minister for the purposes of Part II of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941), in relation to the offices to which this Declaration applies, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 13 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , as adapted by the Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947 (S. R. and O. 1947 No. 58) and section 23 of the said Act as so adapted and as amended by section 24 of the Local Government Act, 1955 (No. 9 of 1955), hereby declares as follows :—

1. This Declaration may be cited as the Health (Age Limit for Office of District Medical Officer) Declaration, 1963.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 23 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (which subsection was inserted by section 24 of the Local Government Act, 1955 ), the age limit for—

(a) the office of district medical officer for a dispensary district included in Part I of the Schedule to this Declaration, and

(b) an office of district medical officer specified in Part II of the said Schedule

shall be seventy years.

3.The Health (Age Limit for Office of District Medical Officer) Declaration, 1960 ( S.I. No. 141 of 1960 ), is hereby revoked insofar as it applies to the offices of district medical officer specified in Article 2 of this Declaration.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Dispensary Districts.

Cork

Killeagh

Mayo

Knocknalower

Dublin

Kilsallaghan

Meath

Stamullen

Kildare

Naas and Curragh

Monaghan

Limerick

Askeaton

Shanagolden

Tipperary North Riding

Borrisoleigh

Louth

Castlebellingham

Wicklow

Avoca

PART II.

Specified Offices of District Medical Officer.

Dublin

The office of district medical officer for Dundrum and Glencullen Dispensary District (No. 1) formerly held by Dr. Thomas Broderick.

Kerry

The office of district medical officer for Brosna Dispensary District (No. 1) formerly held by Dr. Edmond Harnett.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this third day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-three.

SEÁN MAC ENTEE,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This declaration applies the normal age limit of seventy years to a number of offices in respect of which, due to the age of the former holders, a higher age limit had been applied by a previous declaration ( S.I. No. 141 of 1960 ).