Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019

PART 2

Amendment of Principal Act

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

4. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)—

(a) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘Committee of Public Accounts’ means the Committee of Dáil Éireann established under the rules and standing orders of Dáil Éireann to examine and report to Dáil Éireann on the appropriation accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General;”,

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Board”:

“ ‘Board’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 16N;”,

(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “chief executive officer”:

“ ‘chief executive officer’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 21A;”,

(d) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “member”:

“ ‘member’, in relation to the Board, includes the chairperson and the deputy chairperson;”,

(e) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “ordinary member”:

“ ‘ordinary member’ means a member of the Board other than the chairperson or the deputy chairperson;”,

and

(f) by the deletion of the definitions of “appointed director” and “appointed member”.