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Amendment of No. 3 Act of 1996.
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24.—The No. 3 Act of 1996 is hereby amended—
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(a) in section 1(1), by the substitution for the definition of “reserved function” of the following definition:
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“‘reserved function’ means—
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(a) a function of a health board specified in a section mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule opposite the Act mentioned in column (2) of that Schedule, and
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(b) any function of a health board which is specified as a reserved function in the Health Acts, 1947 to 1999, or any other enactment.”,
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(b) by the substitution for section 3 of the following section:
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“3. (1) A reserved function shall be performed directly by a health board.
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(2) A health board shall not take any decision or give any direction in relation to any function of a health board that is not a reserved function.
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(3) The chief executive officer shall assist the board in the performance of a reserved function in such manner (if any) as the board may require.”,
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and
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(c) the substitution for subsection (1) of section 4 of the following subsection:
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“(1) A function of a health board that is not a reserved function shall be performed by the chief executive officer unless otherwise provided for and such a function shall be an executive function.”.
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