Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996
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Supervision and amendment of a service plan. |
7.—(1) The Minister may, after the amendment by him or her of a determination under section 5 (3), either— | |
(a) direct that the service plan of the health board concerned shall stand amended in such manner as the Minister may specify in the direction, or | ||
(b) direct the health board concerned to submit an amended service plan in accordance with the amended determination and the health board shall comply with such a direction. | ||
(2) Where the Minister directs a health board to submit an amended service plan in accordance with subsection (1)(b), the provisions of section 6 shall apply to such plan with the necessary modifications. | ||
(3) A health board shall supervise the implementation of its service plan in order to ensure that the net expenditure for the financial year concerned does not exceed the net expenditure determined by the Minister for that year. | ||
(4) A health board may amend a service plan and, in so doing, it shall ensure that the net expenditure for the financial year concerned does not exceed the net expenditure determined by the Minister for that year. | ||
(5) A copy of an amended service plan shall be furnished to the Minister by the health board as soon as may be and the provisions of section 6 shall apply to such plan with the necessary modifications. | ||
(6) Subject to the provisions of this section and section 6 , the supervision of the implementation of and the amendment of a service plan shall be reserved functions. |