Health Act, 1970
Dissolutions of joint boards under section 45 of Health Act, 1953. |
35.—(1) The Minister shall, by order under section 45 (9) of the Health Act, 1953 , which shall be expressed to come into operation on the commencement of this section, revoke any orders then operative providing for the establishment of joint boards under that section and, for the purpose of any such order, the said section 45 (9) shall be construed with the following modifications: | |
(a) paragraph (a) shall be construed as if “a health board or two or more health boards or to a joint board of health boards or a regional hospital board” were substituted for “a health authority or two or more health authorities or to another joint board or to two or more other joint boards”; | ||
(b) paragraph (d) shall be construed as if “a health board or a joint board of health boards” were substituted for “one of the health authorities who appointed the members of the dissolved joint board or under another joint board the functional area of which is coterminous with, includes or is included in that of the dissolved joint board”. | ||
(2) A reference in subsection (1) to a joint board of health boards shall be construed as a reference to a joint board established under section 11. |