Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

25.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996.

(2) This Act, other than sections 21 and 22 , shall be construed as one with the Health Acts, 1947 to 1996, and shall be included in the collective citation “the Health Acts, 1947 to 1996”.

(3) Paragraph (b) of the definition of expenditure in section 1 , and sections 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 and 12 , shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.