Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires— | |
“chief executive officer”, in relation to a health board, means the chief executive officer of the board and references to a chief executive officer shall be construed as including references to a person acting as deputy chief executive officer of the board; | ||
“determination” shall be construed in accordance with section 5 and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“enactment” includes an instrument made under an enactment; | ||
“executive function” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 ; | ||
“expenditure”, in relation to a health board, means— | ||
(a) the gross non-capital expenditure of the board for a financial year, and | ||
(b) the gross capital expenditure of the board for that year; | ||
“financial year” means a period of 12 months ending on the 31st day of December in any year and, in a case where the Minister makes a determination in respect of a period other than a financial year, shall be construed as a reference to such period; | ||
“functional area”, in relation to a health board, means the functional area of the board as defined in the Health Boards Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 170 of 1970 ); | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“health board” means a health board established under section 4 (1) of the Principal Act; | ||
“income”, in relation to a health board, means all of the income of the board for a financial year other than any grant made to the board for that year under section 32 of the Principal Act; | ||
“indebtedness”, in relation to a health board, means the amount owed by the board to creditors, calculated in accordance with accounting standards specified by the Minister, less an amount equal to the value, so calculated, of the current assets of the board determined in such manner as may be so specified; | ||
“local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health; | ||
“net expenditure”, in relation to a health board for a financial year, means the expenditure of the board for the year less the income of the board for that year; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Health Act, 1970 ; | ||
“public authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 (1) of the Local Government Act, 1991 ; | ||
“reserved function” shall be construed in accordance with section 3 ; | ||
“service plan” shall be construed in accordance with section 6 . | ||
(2) A reference to the performance of functions includes, with respect to powers and duties, a reference to the exercise of powers and the carrying out of duties. | ||
(3) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section or a Schedule is a reference to a section of or a Schedule to this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended, | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection or a paragraph is a reference to a subsection or a paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended, | ||
(c) a reference to any enactment, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to that enactment as amended, adapted or extended by or under any subsequent enactment, including this enactment. |