S.I. No. 209/1988 - Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) (Amendment) Order, 1988.

S.I. No. 209 of 1988.

THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE BOARD (ESTABLISHMENT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1988.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3 of the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 (No. 27 of 1961), hereby orders as follows—

1. This Order may be cited as the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) (Amendment) Order, 1988.

2. Article 4 of the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1965 ) is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraph:

"(j) to organise and administer an eye banking service"

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 24th day of August 1988.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (S.I. 78 of 1965) to enable the Blood Transfusion Service Board to establish an eye bank to facilitate corneal transplantation.