Hospitals Federation and Amalgamation Act, 1961

Membership of the Council after transfer day.

21.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act—

(a) a member of the Council on the transfer day who was appointed by the governing body of a participating hospital or a hospital board shall continue to be a member of the Council until his death, resignation or cesser of membership under subsection (8) of section 7 of this Act,

(b) where a casual vacancy in the membership of the Council occurs on or after the transfer day and the member by whose death, resignation or cesser of membership under subsection (8) of section 7 of this Act the vacancy was occasioned was appointed by the governing body of a participating hospital or a hospital board or by co-option under this paragraph—

(i) the vacancy shall be filled by co-option by the other members of the Council,

(ii) if such member was a member of the visiting medical staff of a participating hospital or of the visiting medical staff of the participating hospitals or of the visiting medical staff of any hospital administered by the Council, the person co-opted shall also be a member of one of those visiting medical staffs,

(iii) the person co-opted shall continue to be a member of the Council until death, resignation or cesser of membership under subsection (8) of section 7 of this Act.