S.I. No. 61/1990 - Health Boards (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.


S.I. No. 61 of 1990.

HEALTH BOARDS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1990.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 of the Health Act, 1970 , (No.1 of 1970 ), after consultation with the Minister for the Environment and compliance with subsection (4) of that section, hereby makes the following Regulations as respects which, pursuant to the said section 4, a draft has been approved by a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Boards (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.

2. Article 11 of the Health Boards Regulations, 1970, ( S.I. No. 170 of 1970 ) is hereby amended as follows:—

( a ) in sub-article (2) "the county borough of Galway and" shall be inserted before "the administrative counties";

( b ) in sub-article (3) "thirty-one" shall be substituted for "twenty-nine"; and in paragraph (a) of the sub-article "two members appointed by the Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Galway" shall be inserted before "six members".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 9th day of March, 1990.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to include the county borough of Galway within the functional area of the Western Health Board and to provide for the appointment of two additional members, drawn from Galway Corporation, to the Board.