Health Authorities Act, 1960

Application of certain Acts.

8.—(1) A health authority established by this Act shall be a joint body within the meaning and for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1955.

(2) A health authority established by this Act shall be a local authority within the meaning and for the purposes of—

(a) the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1959,

(b) the Local Authorities (Combined Purchasing) Act, 1925 ,

(c) the Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Acts, 1926 to 1935,

(d) the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Acts, 1926 and 1940,

(e) the Juries Act, 1927 ,

(f) the Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936 ,

(g) the Local Authorities (Combined Purchasing) Act, 1939 ,

(h) the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948, and the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956.

(3) The Minister shall perform—

(a) ministerial functions under the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (except section 12), the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) (Amendment) Act, 1940 , and the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1959, in relation to the following offices and employments and holders thereof, that is to say, offices and employments under a health authority established by this Act other than those in respect of which ministerial functions under the said Acts are for the time being vested in the Minister for Social Welfare, and

(b) ministerial functions under Part IV of the Local Government Act, 1941 , in relation to a health authority established by this Act,

but ministerial functions with respect to the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Health Authority shall not be performed by the Minister save after consultation with the Minister for Local Government.