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General provisions regarding health boards.
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5.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to a health board established under this Act:
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(a) the board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession;
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(b) the board may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may hold and dispose of land;
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(c) the board shall provide and have a common seal and all courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the seal;
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(d) notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, the members of the board who are appointed by the council of a county shall be members of that council and the members of the board who are appointed by the corporation of a county or other borough shall be members of the city or borough council for that borough;
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(e) the rules set out in the Second Schedule shall apply in relation to the board.
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(2) The Minister may, by order made at the request of a health board, substitute in relation to that board a different rule for any of the following rules set out in the Second Schedule, namely, rules 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23.
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(3) Where an order is made under subsection (2), the Second Schedule shall apply in relation to the relevant health board with the substitution of the rule set out in the order for the relevant rule in that schedule.
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