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PART III
Area Health Boards
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Establishment of Area Health Boards.
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14.—(1) On the establishment day, there shall stand established 3 boards, which shall be known, respectively, as—
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(a) the Northern Area Health Board,
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(b) the East Coast Area Health Board, and
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(c) the South-Western Area Health Board,
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and referred to collectively in this Act as “the Area Health Boards”.
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(2) Each Area Health Board shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued in its own name and may acquire, hold and dispose of land and other property.
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Each Area Health Board shall provide itself with a seal and all courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the seal.
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(4) The functional area of each Area Health Board shall be as described in the First Schedule.
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