Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

PART II

The Medical Council

Establishment of the Medical Council.

6.—(1) There shall, by virtue of this section, be established on the establishment day a body to be known as Comhairle na nDochtúiri Leighis, or in the English language as the Medical Council (in this Act referred to as the Council) to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and to acquire, hold and dispose of land.

(3) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Act, regulate its own procedure.

(4) The Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the Council.