S.I. No. 164/1954:

WATERFORD BOARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (HEALTH FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1954.

WATERFORD BOARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (HEALTH FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1954.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 45 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), and, as respects the application of the provisions of section 103 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order, 1954.

2. In this Order, " the Board " means the Board of Public Assistance for the Waterford Public Assistance District.

3. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1954.

4. The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Waterford and the Council of the County of Waterford are hereby authorised to act jointly in the performance of their function under the provisions of the Health Act, 1953 , mentioned in the First Schedule to this Order and such joint action shall be carried out by the Board.

5. For the purpose of their performance of functions by the Board under the provisions of the Health Act, 1953 , mentioned in the First Schedule to this Order, the enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Order shall apply in relation to the Board and, in such application, any reference therein to a health authority shall be construed as a reference to the Board.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PROVISIONS OF HEALTH ACT, 1953 (AS AMENDED BY HEALTH ACT, 1954 ), UNDER WHICH FUNCTIONS ARE TO BE PERFORMED BY JOINT ACTION.

Section 14.

Section 15.

Section 16.

Section 17.

Section 25.

Section 26.

Section 54.

Section 55.

Section 56.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ENACTMENTS APPLIED TO THE BOARD

1. Section 2 (as amended by section 6 of the Health Act, 1953 ), Sections 10 and 11 (as amended by section 13 of the Health Act, 1953 ), Part VIII, section 99, section 102, section 103 (as amended by section 42 of the Health Act, 1953 ), section 104 (as amended by section 43 of the Health Act, 1953 ), section 105 and section 108 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).

2. Sections 8 to 10, section 12, section 14, section 15 (as amended by the Health Act, 1954 (No. 23 of 1954)), Sections 16 and 17, Sections 22 and 25 (as amended by the Health Act, 1954 ), sections 26 to 31, section 44 (in so far as it relates to the prosecution of offences under Part VIII of the Health Act, 1947 ), section 47, section 49, section 51, sections 54 to 57 and sections 63 to 65 of the Health Act, 1953 .

3. Parts I and II of the Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 98 of 1954 ) (as amended by the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954.))

4. The General Institutional and Specialist Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1954 ) (as amended by the General Institutional and Specialist Services (Temporary) Regulations, 1954).

5. The Boarding Out of Children Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1954 ).

6. The General Medical Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 102 of 1954 ) (as amended by the General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954).

7. The Institutional Assistance Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 103 of 1954 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this thirty-first day of July, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-four.

THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Health.