Health (Amendment) Act 2004

Amendment of Health Act 1947.

15.—(1) Section 78 of the Act of 1947 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the words “with the consent of the Minister” for “subject to any general directions given by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance”, and the said subsection (1) as so amended is set out in the Table to this subsection.

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(1) A health board may, for the purpose of its powers and duties under this Act, acquire land either by agreement, with the consent of the Minister, or compulsorily under this Part of the Act and the Acts incorporated therewith.

(2) Section 89 of the Act of 1947 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the words “with the consent of the Minister” for “subject to any general directions given by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance”, and the said subsection (1) as so amended is set out in the Table to this subsection.

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(1) A health board may, with the consent of the Minister, sell, exchange, let or otherwise dispose of any land vested in it.

(3) In this section “Act of 1947” means the Health Act 1947 .