S.I. No. 377/1953 - Health Act, 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order, 1953.

S.I. No. 377 of 1953.

HEALTH ACT, 1953 (DATE OF COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1953.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), (hereinafter called " the Act ") hereby orders as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Health Act, 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order, 1953.

2. Section 5 of the Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1954, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the enactments which are specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3. Sections 1 to 4 inclusive, sections 11 to 13 inclusive, section 23, section 29, sections 33 to 35 inclusive, subsections (1) and (2) of section 36, sections 37 to 40 inclusive, sections 43 to 47 inclusive, section 49, sections 58 to 65 inclusive and sections 67, 68, 70 and 72 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1954.

SCHEDULE

Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
No. 28 of 1947	Health Act, 1947	Sections 25 and 26 ; sub-section (4) of section 44, sections 55, 67 and 101

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this Seventh day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-three.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Health.