Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999

PART VI

Amendment of Principal Act, Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961, and No. 3 Act of 1996

Amendments to Second Schedule to Principal Act.

22.—The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion in Rule 5 after “section 4(2)(a)(ii)” of “or section 11 (2)(b) of the Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999,”,

(b) the insertion, after Rule 11(2) of the following:

“(2A) Where a member of the board appointed other than by the council of a country or the corporation of a country borough has not, for a consecutive period of 6 months, attended a meeting of the board, he or she shall cease to be such a member and the Minister shall, as soon as may be, appoint a person to fill the vacancy.”,

(c) the insertion, after Rule 11(3) of the following:

“(4) This Rule shall not apply where a member of the board can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the chairman of the board, that his or her absence has been due to illness.”,

(d) the insertion in Rule 12 after “section 4(2)(a)(ii)” of “or section 11 (2)(b) of the Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999,”, and

(e) the insertion in Rule 17 after “an officer or servant of the board” of “or an employee of a voluntary hospital, voluntary intellectual disability service provider or voluntary service provider”.