S.I. No. 74/1956:

WATERFORD BOARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (HEALTH FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1956.

WATERFORD BOARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (HEALTH FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1956.

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 section 7 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), hereby orders as follows :--

1. This order may be cited as the Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order, 1956.

2. In this order, " the principal order " means the Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order, 1954 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1954 ).

3. This order shall come into operation on the 31st day of March, 1956.

4. The First Schedule to the principal order shall be amended by adding " (insofar as it relates to the making available of institutional services in an institution maintained by the Board) " after " section 26."

5. The Second Schedule to the principal order shall be amended by--

(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 3 :

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

(i) the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1954 ),

(ii) the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 48 of 1955 ) and

(iii) the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 44 of 1956 ) " ;

(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 4 :

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

(i) the General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1955 ) and

(ii) the General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1956 ) " ;

(c) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 6 :

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

(i) the General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 159 of 1954 ) and

(ii) the General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1955 )."

GIVEN under the official seal of the Minister for Health this Twenty-sixth day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-six.

THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Health.