Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014

Amendment of section 31 of Act of 2004

8. Section 31 of the Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) the period ending 21 days after the Executive receives the section 30A(1) determination concerned, or”,

(b) in subsection (4), by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (b):

“(ba) contain estimates of the income and expenditure of the Executive for the period to which the plan relates, and

(bb) be consistent with the section 30A(1) determination for the period to which the plan relates,”,

(c) by deleting subsection (12), and

(d) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (14):

(15) Section 28(1) and this section, as in force immediately before the enactment of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014, shall apply in relation to a service plan for the financial year 2014 and to a service plan for any part of that financial year and, accordingly, section 28(1) and this section, as in force immediately after such enactment, shall not apply in relation to any such service plan.”.