Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996
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Amendments of Principal Act. |
17.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) of section 6: | ||
“(3) A reference in any enactment or any statutory instrument to a health authority shall be construed as a reference to a health board.”, | ||
(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4) of section 13: | ||
“(4) A chief executive officer shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister from time to time determines.”, | ||
(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) of section 26: | ||
“(2) Two or more health boards may make and carry out an arrangement for the performance by one of them on behalf of and at the cost of the other or others, as the case may be, of a function of a health board under this Act or any other enactment or a service ancillary to the performance of any such function.”, | ||
(d) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) of section 33: | ||
“(1) (a) A health board shall not borrow money without the prior consent of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(b) The borrowing of moneys by a health board shall be subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as may be specified by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.”, | ||
(e) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) of section 40: | ||
“(1) A health board may, on the request of a body which provides or proposes to provide institutional services or any other service similar or ancillary to a service which the health board may provide, and subject to any general directions given by the Minister, provide for the body any land which is shown by the body, to the satisfaction of the health board, to be required for the efficient performance of the functions of the body.”, | ||
(f) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) of section 40: | ||
“(2) Where a health board decides to provide land under this section for a body, it may acquire the land either by agreement, subject to any general directions given by the Minister, or compulsorily under Part VIII of the Health Act, 1947 , and may lease such land to or for the benefit of the body.”, | ||
(g) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) of section 71: | ||
“(2) A health board shall, in respect of its functional area, develop and implement health promotion programmes, having regard to the needs of people residing in its functional area and the policies and objectives of the Minister in relation to health promotion generally.”. |