S.I. No. 62/1954 - Health Act, 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order, 1954.

S.I. No. 62 of 1954.

HEALTH ACT, 1953 (DATE OF COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1954.

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, 1954.

2. Section 5 of the Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1954, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of—

(a) all the provisions of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939) and the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945) mentioned in the Schedule to the Act and

(b) sections 12 to 14, sections 17 and 18, sections 21 to 24, section 28, subsection (8) of section 44 and section 73 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).

3. Sections 41 and 48 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 31st day of March, 1954.

4. Sections 6 to 10 inclusive, sections 14 to 20 inclusive, section 22, sections 24 to 28 inclusive, sections 30 to 32 inclusive, subsection (3) of section 36, section 42, sections 51 to 57 inclusive, section 66, section 69 and section 71 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1954.

5. Section 50 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1954.

6. Section 21 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1955.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this Thirty-first day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-four.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Health.