S.I. No. 107/1971 - Health Boards (Functions of Chief Executive Officers) Order, 1971.


S.I. No. 107 of 1971.

HEALTH BOARDS (FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS) ORDER, 1971.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 6 (3) of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970) hereby orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Health Boards (Functions of Chief Executive Officers) Order, 1971.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st April, 1971.

3. Each reference to a health authority, specified in the third column of the Schedule in the enactments and statutory instruments mentioned in the second column, shall be construed as a reference to the chief executive officer of a health board.

SCHEDULE.

Number and Year

Title

References to a health authority

28 of 1947 ...

Health Act, 1947

The references in section 32 and the reference in section 93 (2) (b)

12 of 1961 ...

Poisons Act, 1961

The second reference in section 14 (4) (a).

S.I. 99 of 1948 ...

Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1948

The second reference in the definition of "health officer" In article 2.

S.I. 136 of 1948

Infectious Diseases (Aircraft) Regulations, 1948

The second reference in the definition of "health officer" in article 2.

S.I. 170 of 1948 ...

Infectious Diseases (Shipping) Regulations, 1948

The second reference in the definition of "health officer" in article 2.

S.I. 100 of 1954 ...

General Institutional and Specialist Services Regulations, 1954

The references in Part V except the reference in article 20 (4).

S.I. 103 of 1954 ...

Institutional Assistance Regulations, 1954.

The reference in article 6 (1) (a),

S.I. 205 of 1950

Food Hygiene Regulations, 1950

The second reference in the definition of "health officer" in article 2 and the references in articles 38 (2), 41 (1), 42, 43, 45 (1), 45 (2), 46 and 51 (1).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 24th day of March, 1971.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order vests certain functions on chief executive officers of health boards which before the 1st April, 1971 were vested in the managers of health authorities.