Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999

Amendment of No. 3 Act of 1996.

24.—The No. 3 Act of 1996 is hereby amended—

(a) in section 1(1), by the substitution for the definition of “reserved function” of the following definition:

“‘reserved function’ means—

(a) a function of a health board specified in a section mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule opposite the Act mentioned in column (2) of that Schedule, and

(b) any function of a health board which is specified as a reserved function in the Health Acts, 1947 to 1999, or any other enactment.”,

(b) by the substitution for section 3 of the following section:

“3. (1) A reserved function shall be performed directly by a health board.

(2) A health board shall not take any decision or give any direction in relation to any function of a health board that is not a reserved function.

(3) The chief executive officer shall assist the board in the performance of a reserved function in such manner (if any) as the board may require.”,

and

(c) the substitution for subsection (1) of section 4 of the following subsection:

“(1) A function of a health board that is not a reserved function shall be performed by the chief executive officer unless otherwise provided for and such a function shall be an executive function.”.