Health Act 2004
Transfer of functions of specified bodies to Executive. |
59.—(1) The functions that, immediately before the establishment day, were the functions of a specified body under or in connection with the enactments referred to in Schedule 3 are, by this Act, transferred to the Executive on that day. | |
(2) If a provision of an enactment referred to in Schedule 3 , or a provision of an instrument made under such enactment, does not come into effect until on or after the establishment day, a function that on the passing of that enactment or the making of that instrument was assigned under or in connection with that provision to a specified body is, by this Act, transferred to the Executive on the commencement of that provision. | ||
(3) The functions transferred by this Act to the Executive include the functions specified in any enactment referred to in Schedule 3 as a function of the following: | ||
(a) the chief executive officer of a health board; | ||
(b) the Regional Chief Executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority; | ||
(c) the area chief executive of an Area Health Board. | ||
(4) This section does not apply in relation to the functions of the Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau. |