Health Act, 1953

Amendment of section 65 of Principal Act.

39.—Section 65 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the deletion of the definition of “substance” in subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following:

“the word ‘substance’ means a natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, including a preparation or manufactured article or article which has been subjected to any artificial treatment or process;”

(b) by the addition at the end of subsection (3) of the following paragraph—

“(j) the enforcement and execution of the regulations—

(i) by officers of the Minister,

(ii) by health authorities and their officers,

(iii) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by officers of Customs and Excise,

(iv) with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, by officers of that Minister.”

(c) by the addition at the end of subsection (5) of the words “or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.”.