Health Act 1953
Number 26 of 1953
HEALTH ACT 1953
REVISED
Updated to 3 February 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Health Act 1953. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 26 of 1953.
HEALTH ACT 1953
REVISED
Updated to 3 February 2026
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
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Section |
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INSTITUTIONS
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Extension of meaning of “institution”. (Repealed) |
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District institutions and dispensaries. (Repealed) |
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Direction with respect to institutional services. (Repealed) |
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Extern institutions. (Repealed) |
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Transfer of officers on discontinuation of health institution. (Repealed) |
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Religious Services. (Repealed) |
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Exemption from local inquiry. (Repealed) |
HEALTH SERVICES
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General medical services. (Repealed) |
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Medical care for mothers. (Repealed) |
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Infant welfare services. (Repealed) |
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Child welfare services. (Repealed) |
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Dental, ophthalmic and aural services, for children. (Repealed) |
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Dental, ophthalmic and aural services, for middle income group. (Repealed) |
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Regulations in relation to services. (Repealed) |
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Maternity cash grants. (Repealed) |
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Milk for mothers and children. (Repealed) |
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Institutional services at choice of patient, etc. (Repealed) |
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Institutional services for persons not entitled to services under section 15. (Repealed) |
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Declaration as to means. (Repealed) |
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Notification of change of circumstances. (Repealed) |
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Determination of doubt as to responsible health authority. (Repealed) |
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Charge where person not entitled obtains service. (Repealed) |
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Recovery of charges. (Repealed) |
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Affording of facilities for health examination of children at schools. (Repealed) |
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False statements, etc. (Repealed) |
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT
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Amendment of section 103 of Principal Act. (Repealed) |
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MISCELLANEOUS
Enactments Repealed
Acts Referred to
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No. 28 of 1947 |
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No. 27 of 1939 |
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No. 11 of 1952 |
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No. 17 of 1930 |
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No. 47 of 1947 |
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No. 23 of 1941 |
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No. 25 of 1952 |
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No. 25 of 1927 |
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No. 39 of 1926 |
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No. 19 of 1945 |
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No. 46 of 1947 |
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No. 4 of 1945 |
Number 26 of 1953
HEALTH ACT 1953
REVISED
Updated to 3 February 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HEALTH ACT, 1947, AND CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS. [29th October, 1953.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Functions transferred to the Health Service Executive (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 59 and sch. 3, S.I. No. 887 of 2004, subject to transitional provisions in s. 74 and sch 5.
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
...
"Executive" means the Health Service Executive established under section 6;
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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) ...
(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.
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SCHEDULE 3
Transfer of Functions and References to Functional Areas
1. Health Acts 1947 to 2001
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Editorial Notes:
E1
Power pursuant to collectively cited Health Acts exercised (1.08.1954) by Institutional Assistance Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 103 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3.
E2
Power pursuant to collectively cited Health Acts exercised (1.08.1954) by General Institutional and Specialist Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 100 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3.
E3
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to collectively cited Health Acts exercised (1.08.1954) by General Medical Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 102 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (1.04.1972) by Health Services Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 88 of 1972), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E4
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to collectively cited Health Acts exercised (1.08.1954) by Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 98 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E5
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to collectively cited Health Acts exercised (1.08.1954) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 158 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964), reg. 4, in operation as per reg. 3.
PART I
Preliminary and General
Section 1
Short title and collective citation.
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Health Act, 1953.
(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Health Acts, 1947 and 1953.
Section 2
Commencement.
2.—Save as otherwise specifically provided thereby, this Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E6
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1954) by Health Act 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 62 of 1954).
2. Section 5 of the Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1954, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of—
(a) all the provisions of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939) and the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945) mentioned in the Schedule to the Act and
(b) sections 12 to 14, sections 17 and 18, sections 21 to 24, section 28, subsection (8) of section 44 and section 73 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).
3. Sections 41 and 48 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 31st day of March, 1954.
4. Sections 6 to 10 inclusive, sections 14 to 20 inclusive, section 22, sections 24 to 28 inclusive, sections 30 to 32 inclusive, subsection (3) of section 36, section 42, sections 51 to 57 inclusive, section 66, section 69 and section 71 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1954.
5. Section 50 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1954.
6. Section 21 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1955.
E7
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Health Act 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order, 1953 (S.I. No. 377 of 1953).
The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), (hereinafter called "the Act") hereby orders as follows :—
1. ...
2. Section 5 of the Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1954, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the enactments which are specified in the Schedule to this Order.
3. Sections 1 to 4 inclusive, sections 11 to 13 inclusive, section 23, section 29, sections 33 to 35 inclusive, subsections (1) and (2) of section 36, sections 37 to 40 inclusive, sections 43 to 47 inclusive, section 49, sections 58 to 65 inclusive and sections 67, 68, 70 and 72 of the Act shall for all purposes come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1954.
SCHEDULE
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Extent of Repeal |
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No. 28 of 1947 |
Sections 25 and 26 ; sub-section (4) of section 44, sections 55, 67 and 101 |
Section 3
Principal Act and construction of that Act and this Act.
3.—(1) In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).
(2) The Principal Act and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of this section, a reference in the Principal Act to that Act shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to this Act.
Section 4
General saver.
4.—(1) Nothing in this Act or any instrument thereunder shall be construed as imposing an obligation on any person to avail himself or any service provided under this Act or to submit himself or any person for whom he is responsible to health examination or treatment.
(2) Any person who avails himself of any service provided under this Act shall not be under any obligation to submit himself or any person for whom he is responsible to a health examination or treatment which is contrary to the teaching of his religion.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E8
Previous affecting provision: application of section restricted by Health (Mental Services) Act 1981 (17/1981), s. 44, not commenced; repealed (1.11.2006) by Mental Health Act 2001 (25/2001), s. 6 and sch., S.I. No. 411 of 2006.
Section 5
Repeals.
5.—The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule.
PART II
Institutions
Section 6
Extension of meaning of “institution.”
6.—F1[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 7
District institutions and dispensaries.
7.—F2[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F2
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 8
Conduct and management of health institution.
8.—F3[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F3
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E9
Regulations made under Mental Treatment Act 1945 (19/1945), ss. 40, 41 continued in force under this section (1.07.1960) by Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960), s. 29(5), S.I. No. 134 of 1960. On repeal of this section, Mental Treatment (Amendment) Regulations 1949 (S.I. No. 17 of 1949), made under s. 40, was continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 9
Direction with respect to institutional services.
9.—F4[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F4
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 10
Extern institutions.
10.—F5[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F5
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 11
Transfer of officers on discontinuation of health institution.
11.—F6[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F6
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 12
Religious Services.
12.—F7[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F7
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 13
Exemption from local inquiry.
13.—F8[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F8
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
PART III
Health Services
Section 14
General medical services.
14.—F9[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F9
Repealed (1.04.1972) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 87 of 1972.
Section 15
Institutional and specialist services.
15.—(1) F10[…]
(2) F10[…]
(3) F10[…]
(4) F10[…]
(5) F10[…]
(6) F10[…]
(7) F10[…]
(8) F10[…]
(9) F11[…]
(10) F10[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F10
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
F11
Repealed (1.10.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 271 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E10
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.10.1957) by Specialist Services (Charges) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 198 of 1957), in operation as per art. 2; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E11
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.03.1956) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Insured Persons) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 75 of 1956); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E12
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9) amended (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (Adaptation) Regulations 1971 S.I. No. 106 of 1971, art. 6 and sch., in operation as per reg. 2; subs. (9) repealed (1.10.1971) as per F-note above.
E13
Previous affecting provision: subs. (6) substituted (1.04.1966) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1(3), S.I. No. 264 of 1958; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E14
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9) amended (1.04.1966) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1(4), S.I. No. 64 of 1966; subsection repealed (1.10.1971) as per F-note above.
E15
Previous affecting provision: subs. (6)(b) amended (29.12.1958) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s. 1(4), S.I. No. 264 of 1958; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E16
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(b), (c) amended (1.04.1966) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1(2)(a), (b), S.I. No. 264 of 1958; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E17
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1966) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 69 of 1966), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E18
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(b) amended (29.12.1958) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s. 1(3), S.I. No. 264 of 1958; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E19
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9) amended (29.12.1958) by Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s. 1(5), S.I. No. 264 of 1958; subsection repealed (1.10.1971) as per F-note above.
E20
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 266 of 1958), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E21
Previous affecting provision: subs. (5) substituted (1.09.1957) by Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1(1)(b), S.I. No. 169 of 1957; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E22
Previous affecting provision: subs. (4) amended (1.09.1957) by Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1(1)(a), S.I. No. 169 of 1957; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E23
Previous affecting provision: subs. (3) amended (1.08.1954) by Health Act 1954 (23/1954), s. 1, S.I. No. 160 of 1954; subsection repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
Section 16
Medical care for mothers.
16.—F12[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F12
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 17
Infant welfare services.
17.—F13[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F13
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 18
Child welfare services.
18.—F14[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F14
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 19
School health examination and treatment service.
19.—F15[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F15
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 20
Dental, ophthalmic and aural services, for children.
20.—F16[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F16
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 21
Dental, ophthalmic and aural services for middle income group.
21.—F17[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F17
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 22
Regulations in relation to services.
22.—F18[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F18
Repealed (1.04.1976) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 78 of 1976.
Editorial Notes:
E24
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (8.03.1968) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 57 of 1968); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E25
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.05.1966) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 105 of 1966); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E26
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1966) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 70 of 1966), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (23.05.1966) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 105 of 1966), reg. 4.
E27
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1966) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 69 of 1966), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E28
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (31.08.1965) by Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 190 of 1965); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E29
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E30
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (14.09.1961) by Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations 1961 (S.I. No. 198 of 1961); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E31
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 266 of 1958), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E32
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 265 of 1958), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964) reg. 4, in operation as per reg. 3.
E33
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.06.1956) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 142 of 1956), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964) reg. 4, in operation as per reg. 3.
E34
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 44 of 1956), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964) reg. 4, in operation as per reg. 3.
E35
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 43 of 1956), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E36
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.03.1955) by General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 49 of 1955); revoked (1.04.1972) by Health Services Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 88 of 1972), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E37
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.03.1955) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 48 of 1955); revoked (1.07.1964) by Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964) reg. 4, in operation as per reg. 3.
E38
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.03.1955) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 47 of 1955); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
E39
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1A) inserted (1.08.1954) by Health Act 1954 (23/1954), s. 2, S.I. No. 160 of 1954; section repealed (1.04.1976) as per F-note above.
E40
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 159 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (1.04.1972) by Health Services Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 88 of 1972), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
Section 23
Maternity cash grants.
23.—F19[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F19
Repealed (1.10.1972) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 240 of 1972.
Editorial Notes:
E41
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.1953) by Maternity Cash Grants Regulations 1953 (S.I. No. 410 of 1953); revoked (27.09.1972) by Maternity Cash Grants Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 241 of 1972), reg. 4.
Section 24
Milk for mothers and children.
24.—F20[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F20
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E42
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.05.1954) by Milk For Mothers and Children Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 97 of 1954); revoked (1.04.1971) by Health Services Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 105 of 1971), reg. 4 and sch., in operation as per reg. 3.
Section 25
Institutional services at choice of patient, etc.
25.—F21[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F21
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E43
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.03.1956) by General Institutional and Specialist Services (Insured Persons) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 75 of 1956); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E44
Previous affecting provision: subss. (2)-(6) amended (1.09.1957) by Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1(2), S.I. No. 169 of 1957; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E45
Previous affecting provision: subss. (2)-(6) amended (1.08.1954) by Health Act 1954 (23/1954), s. 3, S.I. No. 160 of 1954; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
Section 26
Institutional services for persons not entitled to services under section 15.
26.—F22[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F22
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 27
Declaration as to means.
27.—F23[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F23
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 28
Notification of change of circumstances.
28.—F24[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F24
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 29
Determination of doubt as to responsible health authority.
29.—F25[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F25
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 30
Charge where person not entitled obtains service.
30.—F26[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F26
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 31
Recovery of charges.
31.—F27[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F27
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 32
Affording of facilities for health examination of children at schools.
32.—F28[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F28
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 33
False statements, etc.
33.—F29[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F29
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
PART IV
Miscellaneous Amendments of Principal Act
Section 34
Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act.
34.—Section 31 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following subsection:
“(10) Regulations under this section may, in particular, require the vaccination against smallpox of persons engaged in work at or about airports or seaports, and—
(a) the obligation to contain the provision referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of this section shall not apply as respects such regulations, and
(b) section 32 of this Act shall not apply in relation to such vaccination.”
Section 35
Amendment of section 38 of Principal Act.
35.—An order made after the commencement of this section under subsection (1) of section 38 of the Principal Act shall have no effect unless, in addition to being signed by the chief medical officer, it is also signed by another registered medical practitioner.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C2
Reference to "registered medical practitioner" construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), S.I. No. 231 of 2008.
108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.
...
Section 36
Amendment of section 44 of Principal Act.
36.—(1) Section 44 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of “or a disease suspected to be an infectious disease by the chief medical officer of the health authority in whose functional area such person ordinarily resides” after “infectious disease”.
(2) F30[…]
(3) Sections 28 and 33 of this Act shall apply in relation to the service made available under section 44 of the Principal Act in like manner as they apply in relation to the services made available under Part III of this Act.
Annotations
Amendments:
F30
Repealed (9.10.2010) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (18/2010), s. 3(1), commenced on enactment.
Section 37
Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act.
37.—Subsection (1) of section 48 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution of the words “medical officer of health” for the words “district medical officer” in both places where the latter words occur, and
(b) by the substitution of the words “the area or district for which he acts” for the words “his district”.
Section 38
Regulations under Part V of Principal Act.
38.—(1) Regulations under Part V of the Principal Act may provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a) the licensing or registration of—
(i) persons engaged in the manufacture, preparation, importation, storage, distribution or sale of food for human consumption,
(ii) premises, vehicles or stalls in or at which food is manufactured, prepared, stored, distributed or exposed for sale for human consumption,
(b) the description of premises, vehicles or stalls so licensed or registered,
(c) the prohibition of the manufacture, preparation, importation, storage, distribution, exposure for sale or sale of food otherwise than by licensed or registered persons or in or at licensed or registered premises, vehicles or stalls (as the case may be),
(d) the cancellation or suspension of licences or registrations,
(e) matters ancillary to the foregoing matters.
(2) Where regulations under Part V of the Principal Act include, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, provision for the keeping of registers by health authorities—
(a) any register kept pursuant to the regulations by a health authority shall be deemed to be in proper custody when in the custody of an officer of the health authority authorised in that behalf by the health authority and shall be admissible in evidence without further proof, on production from the proper custody,
(b) prima facie evidence of any entry in any register kept pursuant to the regulations by a health authority may be given in any Court or any legal proceedings by the production of a copy of such entry purporting to be certified to be a true copy by an officer of the health authority authorised in that behalf, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was in fact such officer or was so authorised,
(c) a certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of a health authority authorised in that behalf that a specified person, premises, vehicle or stall was not, during a specified period, registered in a specified register kept pursuant to the regulations by the health authority shall be accepted in any Court or any legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was in fact such officer or was so authorised.
(3) Regulations under Part V of the Principal Act may provide for functions to be performed for the purposes of the regulations by Justices of the District Court or Peace Commissioners, being functions relating to any of the following matters:
(a) the making of orders in relation to the destruction or other disposal of food which is diseased, contaminated or otherwise unfit for human consumption,
(b) the reviewing of orders prohibiting the importation or the removal from the place of importation of articles of food or animals or materials intended for use in the manufacture of food,
(c) the annulment or confirmation of orders relating to the cancellation or suspension of licences or registrations or the prohibition of the user of premises, stalls or vehicles for any specified purpose,
(d) the direction of health authorities to license or register persons, premises, vehicles or stalls in specified circumstances.
(4) Where any repairs, structural alterations or additions to premises are required by any authority enforcing regulations under Part V of the Principal Act to comply with those regulations—
(a) the repairs, structural alterations or additions may be carried out notwithstanding any covenant, agreement or condition in any lease or other contract of tenancy under which the premises are held,
(b) before the repairs, structural alterations or additions are carried out, the person required to carry them out shall—
(i) if he is not the rated occupier of the premises, inform the rated occupier, and
(ii) if he holds the premises under a lease or other contract of tenancy, inform the immediate landlord or his agent.
(5) In sections 56 and 57 of the Principal Act, the word “food” shall be construed, in addition to referring to any individual food, as referring to any class whatsoever of food.
(6) This section and the repeal by section 5 of this Act of section 55 of the Principal Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the day on which Part V of the Principal Act came into operation.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E46
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (31.12.1993) by Health (Tin in Food) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 389 of 1993), in operation as per reg. 2.
E47
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Arsenic and Lead in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 72 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii).
E48
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 71 of 1992), in effect as per reg. 1(ii).
E49
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Vinyl Chloride in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 65 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii).
E50
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.05.1989) by Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 62 of 1989), in operation as per reg. 1(2).
E51
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.05.1984) by Health (Vinyl Chloride in Food) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 95 of 1984), in operation as per reg. 2.
E52
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (8.12.1972) by Health (Solvents in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 304 of 1972).
E53
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1972) by Health (Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 45 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2.
E54
Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1972) by Health (Arsenic and Lead in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 44 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2.
E55
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.12.1971) by Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 322 of 1971).
E56
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1996) by Health (Official Control of Food) Approved Laboratories Order 1996 (S.I. No. 242 of 1996), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (6.04.1998) by European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Approved Laboratories) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 95 of 1998), reg. 4(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E57
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1996 and 1.11.1998) by Health (Official Control of Food) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 241 of 1996), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.04.1998) by European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 85 of 1998), reg. 30, in operation as per reg. 2
E58
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (11.04.1994) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E59
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (7.12.1995) by Health (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 283 of 1995), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (25.05.2000) by European Communities (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs and Food Ingredients) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 141 of 2000), reg. 23(1).
E60
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (31.12.1993) by Health (Nutrition Labelling for Foodstuffs) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 388 of 1993), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (11.02.2005) by European Communities (Nutrition Labelling For Foodstuffs) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 65 of 2005), reg. 24(1).
E61
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (31.12.1993) by Health (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 387 of 1993), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (7.12.1995) by Health (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 283 of 1995), reg. 14, in operation as per reg. 2.
E62
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Cylamate in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 73 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked (31.12.1995) by European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in particular Colours and Sweeteners for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), reg. 23, in operation as per reg. 2.
E63
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Solvents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 70 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E64
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 69 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E65
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 68 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked (31.12.1995) by European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in particular Colours and Sweeteners for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), reg. 23, in operation as per reg. 2.
E66
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Erucic Acid in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 67 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked by European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 218 of 2010), reg. 33(d), as inserted (23.06.2016) by European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 329 of 2016), reg. 3(p).
E67
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (22.04.1992) by Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 66 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(ii); revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E68
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (31.01.1992) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 24 of 1992), in operation as per reg. 1(2); revoked (11.04.1994) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994), reg. 10, in operation as per reg. 2.
E69
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (31.12.1991) by Health (Official Control of Food) Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 332 of 1991), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.09.1996) by Health (Official Control of Food) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 241 of 1996), reg. 26, in operation as per reg. 2.
E70
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (25.04.1990) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thicking and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 102 of 1990); revoked (11.04.1994) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994), reg. 10, in operaton as per reg. 2.
E71
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (13.10.1989) by Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 263 of 1989); revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E72
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (27.07.1985) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 186 of 1985); revoked (11.04.1994) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994), reg. 10, in operation as per reg. 2.
E73
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1982) by Health (Foods For Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations 1982 (S.I. No. 272 of 1982), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.12.1991) by Health (Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 331 of 1991), reg. 2(1), in operation as per reg. 2(2).
E74
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.10.1981) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 337 of 1981), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operaton as per reg. 2.
E75
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.10.1981) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 336 of 1981), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (31.12.1995) by European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in particular Colours and Sweeteners for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), reg. 2, in operation as per reg. 23.
E76
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.03.1980) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 35 of 1980), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (11.04.1994) by Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994), reg. 10, in operation as per reg. 2.
E77
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.06.1978) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 140 of 1978), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.12.1995) by European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in particular Colours and Sweeteners for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), reg. 23, in operation as per reg. 2.
E78
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.05.1978) by Health (Erucic Acid in Food) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 123 of 1978), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked by European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 218 of 2010), reg. 33(c), as inserted (23.06.2016) by European Communities (Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 329 of 2016), reg. 3(p).
E79
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.07.1974) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 149 of 1973), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.12.1995) by European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in particular Colours and Sweeteners for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), reg. 23, in operation as per reg. 2.
E80
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.07.1974) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 148 of 1973), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (25.03.1997) by European Communities (Detailed Provisions on the Control of Additives, other than Colours and Sweeteners, for use in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 128 of 1997), reg. 13(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E81
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.07.1974) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 147 of 1973), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.10.1981) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 337 of 1981), reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E82
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (8.12.1972) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 303 of 1972); rendered obsolete by revocation of Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 42 of 1972) (1.07.1974) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 148 of 1973), reg. 3, in operation as per reg. 2.
E83
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (8.12.1972, 1.04.1974) by Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 302 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 5(6); revoked (1.07.1974) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 147 of 1973), reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E84
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (8.12.1972) by Health (Colouring Matter in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 301 of 1972); revoked (1.07.1974) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 149 of 1973), reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E85
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1972) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 43 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1974) by Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 147 of 1973) reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E86
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1972) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 42 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1974) by Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 148 of 1973), reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
E87
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (1.09.1972) by Health (Colouring Matter in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 41 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1974) by Health (Colouring Agents in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 149 of 1973), reg. 3(1), in operation as per reg. 2.
Section 39
Amendment of section 65 of Principal Act.
39.—Section 65 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
(a) by the deletion of the definition of “substance” in subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following:
“the word ‘substance’ means a natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, including a preparation or manufactured article or article which has been subjected to any artificial treatment or process;”
(b) by the addition at the end of subsection (3) of the following paragraph—
“(j) the enforcement and execution of the regulations—
(i) by officers of the Minister,
(ii) by health authorities and their officers,
(iii) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by officers of Customs and Excise,
(iv) with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, by officers of that Minister.”
(c) by the addition at the end of subsection (5) of the words “or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.”.
Section 40
Amendment of section 66 of Principal Act.
40.—Section 66 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the addition at the end of subsection (9) of the words “or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.”.
Section 41
Amendment of section 98 of Principal Act.
41.—Section 98 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
(a) F31[…]
(b) by the deletion in subsection (4) of the words “the National Health Council or of”;
(c) F31[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F31
Repealed (6.09.1996) by Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 (32/1996), s. 23 and sch. 2 part 1, commenced on enactment.
Section 42
Amendment of section 103 of Principal Act.
42.—F32[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F32
Repealed (2.12.1964) by Local Government (Repeal of Enactments) Act 1964 (33/1964), s. 1 and sch., commenced on enactment.
Section 43
Amendment of section 104 of Principal Act.
43.—Subsection (2) of section 104 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of “or other means of transport” before “provided”.
Section 44
Prosecution of certain offences.
44.—An offence under Part V, Part VIII or Part IX of the Principal Act may be prosecuted by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
PART V.
Miscellaneous.
Section 45
Joint action by health authorities.
45.—(1) F33[…]
(2) F33[…]
(3) F33[…]
(4) F33[…]
(5) F33[…]
(6) F34[…]
(7) F34[…]
(8) F33[…]
(9) F33[…]
(10) F33[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F33
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
F34
Repealed (2.12.1964) by Local Government (Repeal of Enactments) Act 1964 (33/1964), s. 1 and sch., commenced on enactment.
Editorial Notes:
E88
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.04.1971) by Joint Health Boards (Dissolution) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 118 of 1971), in operation as per art. 2.
E89
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 270 of 1958), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E90
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 269 of 1958), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E91
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 268 of 1958), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E92
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 74 of 1956), in operatrion as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E93
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 73 of 1956), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E94
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 72 of 1956), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E95
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.1955) by Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 21 of 1955); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E96
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.01.1955) by South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 17 of 1955); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E97
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Cork Sanatoria Board Order, 1953 (Amendment) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 165 of 1954), in operation as per art. 2; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E98
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 164 of 1954), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E99
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 163 of 1954), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E100
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order (S.I. No. 162 of 1954), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E101
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Cork Sanatoria Board Order 1953 (S.I. No. 416 of 1953), in operation as per art. 2; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E102
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 414 of 1953), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E103
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9)(a), (d) applied with modifications (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 35, S.I. No. 90 of 1971; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E104
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1960) by Mental Health Boards Order 1960 (S.I. No. 140 of 1960), in operation as per art. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Joint Health Boards (Dissolution) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 118 of 1971), reg. 3(1)(f) and sch., in operation as per art. 2.
E105
Previous affecting provision: subs. (4)(h) amended, (i) inserted (27.06.1960) by Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960), s. 24(13)(a), (b), S.I. No. 134 of 1960; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E106
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Western Health Institutions Board Order 1953 (Amendment) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 166 of 1954), in operation as per art. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Joint Health Boards (Dissolution) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 118 of 1971), art. 3(1)(f) and sch., in operation as per art. 2.
E107
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Western Health Institutions Board Order 1953 (S.I. No. 415 of 1953), in operation as per art. 2; revoked (1.04.1971) by Joint Health Boards (Dissolution) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 118 of 1971), art. 3(1)(f) and sch., in operation as per art. 2.
Section 46
Balrothery and Rathdown Boards of Assistance.
46.—F35[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F35
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E108
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.1958) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 268 of 1958), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E109
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1956) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 72 of 1956), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E110
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order (S.I. No. 162 of 1954), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E111
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 414 of 1953), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 47
Arrangements between health authorities and other authorities.
47.—F36[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F36
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 48
Consultative health committees.
48.—F37[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F37
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Editorial Notes:
E112
Power pursuant to subs. (8) exercised (4.12.1963) by Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 241 of 1963); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E113
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1955) by Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 31 of 1955); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E114
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.04.1954) by Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 73 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 2; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E115
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1) amended (1.07.1960) by Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960), s. 24(14)(a), S.I. No. 134 of 1960; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E116
Previous affecting provision: subs. (7) deleted (1.07.1960) by Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960), s. 24(14)(b), S.I. No. 134 of 1960; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
E117
Previous affecting provision: subs. (8)(aa) inserted (1.07.1960) by Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960), s. 24(14)(c), S.I. No. 134 of 1960; section repealed (1.04.1971) as per F-note above.
Section 49
Agreement for provision of service.
49.—F38[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F38
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 50
Rehabilitation and maintenance of disabled persons.
50.—F39[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F39
Repealed (1.07.1973) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 159 of 1973.
Editorial Notes:
E118
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.08.1963) by Disabled Persons (Rehabilitation) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 141 of 1963), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (5.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Rehabilitation) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 186 of 1973), reg. 8, in operation as per reg. 2.
E119
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1972) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 168 of 1972), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E120
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1971) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 207 of 1971), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E121
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1970) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 (S.I. No. 169 of 1970), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E122
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1969) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 (S.I. No. 142 of 1969), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E123
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1968) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 155 of 1968), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E124
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1967) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1967 (S.I. No. 188 of 1967), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E125
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.11.1966) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 244 of 1966), in operation as per reg. 2; rendered obsolete by revocation of Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963) (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E126
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1965) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 176 of 1965), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.11.1966) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 244 of 1966), reg. 3, in operation as per reg. 2.
E127
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1964) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 192 of 1964), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.08.1965) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 176 of 1965), reg. 3, in operation as per reg. 2.
E128
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1963) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.07.1973) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 160 of 1973), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2.
E129
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.1962) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 133 of 1962), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.08.1963) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963), reg. 8, in operation as per reg. 2.
E130
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.01.1961) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations (S.I. No. 261 of 1960), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (1.08.1963) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963), reg. 8, in operation as per reg. 2.
E131
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (15.03.1957) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 51 of 1957); revoked (1.01.1961) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations (S.I. No. 261 of 1960), reg. 8, in operation as per reg. 2.
E132
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (30.09.1954) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 207 of 1954); revoked (1.01.1961) by Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations (S.I. No. 261 of 1960), reg. 8, in operation as per reg. 2.
Section 51
Dispensary districts.
51.—F40[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F40
Repealed (1.04.1972) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 87 of 1972.
Editorial Notes:
E133
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (24.07.1967) by County Mayo (Dispensary Districts) Order 1967 (S.I. No. 170 of 1967), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E134
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (5.04.1965) by County Mayo (Dispensary Districts) Order 1965 (S.I. No. 51 of 1965), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E135
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (4.01.1965) by County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) (No. 2) Order 1964 (S.I. No. 293 of 1964), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E136
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (18.05.1964) by County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1964 (S.I. No. 107 of 1964), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E137
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (18.11.1963) by Cork Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 211 of 1963), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E138
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (17.05.1963) by County Clare (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 84 of 1963), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E139
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.06.1963) by Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 74 of 1963), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E140
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.06.1963) by County Galway (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 61 of 1963), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E141
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (8.01.1963) by County Laoighis (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 213 of 1962), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E142
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (10.09.1962) by County Kildare (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 145 of 1962), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E143
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (2.04.1962) by County Meath (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 41 of 1962), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E144
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (30.12.1961) by County Kerry (Dispensary Districts) (No. 2) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 281 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E145
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (21.12.1961) by County Meath (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 280 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E146
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (2.10.1961) by Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 193 of 1961), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E147
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.09.1961) by County Wicklow (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 172 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E148
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.08.1961) by County Kerry (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 152 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E149
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.08.1961) by County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 150 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E150
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (5.06.1961) by Limerick Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 108 of 1961), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E151
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (10.04.1961) by Cork Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 63 of 1961), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E152
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (2.01.1961) by Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) (Number 2) Order 1960 (S.I. No. 253 of 1960), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E153
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (5.12.1960) by Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1960 (S.I. No. 228 of 1960), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E154
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (14.04.1959) by Dublin Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1959 (S.I. No. 56 of 1959), in operation as per art. 4; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E155
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.04.1959) by County Longford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1959 (S.I. No. 41 of 1959), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E156
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (30.04.1958) by Waterford Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 107 of 1958); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E157
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.11.1957) by Wicklow County and Rathdown Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 225 of 1957), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E158
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.05.1956) by Dublin City and County Dispensary Districts Order 1956 (S.I. No. 111 of 1956); continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E159
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.09.1955) by County Waterford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 167 of 1955), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
E160
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.02.1955) by County Borough of Limerick (Dispensary Districts) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 293 of 1954), in operation as per art. 3; continued in operation (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 72(3), S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 52
District medical officers.
52.—F41[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F41
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 53
Holders of certain offices under public assistance authorities.
53.—F42[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F42
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 54
Shelter and maintenance in county home.
54.—(1) In this section “institutional assistance” means shelter and maintenance in a county home or similar institution.
(2) A person who is unable to provide shelter and maintenance for himself or his dependants shall, for the purposes of this section, be eligible for institutional assistance.
(3) It shall be the duty of a health authority, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations thereunder, to give to every person in their functional area who is eligible for institutional assistance such institutional assistance as appears to them to be necessary or proper in each particular case.
(4) The Minister may make regulations governing the giving of institutional assistance and such regulations may, in particular, provide for requiring persons to contribute in specified cases towards the cost of providing them with institutional assistance.
(5) Every person maintained by a health authority in a county home or similar institution who behaves in a disorderly manner in such home or institution, or causes unreasonable disturbance to other persons maintained in such home or institution or to persons employed therein, shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-one days.
(6) Where the Minister directs by order that a specified class of persons shall not be sheltered or maintained under this section by or on behalf of a health authority in a specified institution, the authority shall not (except in cases of urgent necessity) shelter or maintain, or arrange for the shelter or maintenance of, any persons of that class in that institution.
(7) (a) Where a person maintained by a health authority in a county home or similar institution does work on behalf of the authority, he shall be deemed, in relation to the doing of the work, to be for the purposes of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1934 to 1953, a workman in the employment of the authority, but, save as aforesaid, the doing of the work by such person shall not operate to create or imply the relation of master and servant or a contract of service between the authority and such person.
(b) In any proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1934 to 1953, brought by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the applicant shall be deemed to have worked for remuneration and the amount of the remuneration shall be estimated by the Court by reference to the value of the work.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E161
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1965) by Institutional Assistance Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 177 of 1965), in operation as per reg. 2.
Section 55
Boarding out etc., of children.
55.—F43[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F43
Repealed (23.09.2004) by Child Care Act 1991 (17/1991), s. 79 and sch., S.I. No. 547 of 2004, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 45(3), 48, 67.
Editorial Notes:
E162
Previous affecting provision: application of section extended with modification (9.11.1989) by Children Act 1989 (18/1989), s. 4, commenced on enactment; section repealed (23.09.2004) as per F-note above.
E163
Previous affecting provision: application of section restricted (1.04.1983) by Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 67 of 1983), reg. 5, in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.10.1995) by Child Care (Placement of Children in Foster Care) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 260 of 1995), reg. 28, in operation as per reg. 2..
E164
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1983) by Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 67 of 1983), in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.10.1995) by Child Care (Placement of Children in Foster Care) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 260 of 1995), reg. 28, in operation as per reg. 2.
E165
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1954) by Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 101 of 1954), in operation as per reg. 3; revoked (1.04.1983) by Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 67 of 1983), reg. 3, in operation as per reg. 2.
Section 56
Removal of child boarded out, etc.
56.—F44[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F44
Repealed (23.09.2004) by Child Care Act 1991 (17/1991), s. 79 and sch., S.I. No. 547 of 2004.
Section 57
Local authority for purposes of Part I of Children Act, 1908.
57.—F45[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F45
Repealed (23.09.2004) by Child Care Act 1991 (17/1991), s. 79 and sch., S.I. No. 547 of 2004.
Section 58
Regulations as to filling materials.
58.—(1) The Minister may make regulations—
(a) prescribing a standard of cleanliness for filling material either generally or as respects a particular type of filling material,
(b) prohibiting the sale or keeping for sale, or use or keeping for use for the purpose of making bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles, of filling material which does not conform with the prescribed standard,
(c) prohibiting the sale or keeping for sale of any bedding, cushion, article of upholstery, toy or similar article containing filling material which does not conform with the prescribed standard.
(2) Regulations under this section—
(a) may provide for the enforcement and execution of the regulations by officers of the Minister, by health authorities and their officers and, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, by officers of sanitary authorities,
(b) may provide for the empowering of specified persons (being authorised officers for the purpose of Part IX of the Principal Act) to seize and remove, and to detain and destroy or have otherwise suitably disposed of, filling material which does not conform with the prescribed standard,
(c) may provide for the giving and taking (without payment) of samples and the carrying out of tests, examinations and analyses of such samples,
(d) may prescribe the classes of persons to be responsible for the carrying out of tests, examinations and analyses of samples of filling material and the means by and the manner in which any such test, examination or analysis is to be made,
(e) may prescribe the certificate or other evidence to be given of the result of any such test, examination or analysis and the classes of persons by and to whom any such certificate or evidence is to be given,
(f) may provide that any certificate or other evidence prescribed under paragraph (e) of this subsection and given in respect of the test, examination or analysis of a sample shall as respects that sample be evidence for all purposes of the result of the test, examination or analysis,
(g) may provide for the licensing or registration of premises in which filling material is kept for sale or for use for the purpose of making bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles and for the prohibition of the keeping for sale or for the said use of filling material in premises which are not licensed or registered,
(h) may provide for conditions governing the grant, retention or renewal of licences or registrations,
(i) may provide for the imposition of charges in respect of the grant, retention or renewal of licences or registrations,
(j) may provide for the marking or labelling in a specified manner of bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles containing filling material,
(k) may provide for the keeping of records by persons engaged in the manufacture, preparation, importation, storage, distribution or sale of filling material or bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles containing filling material and for the production of such records for inspection by officers concerned in the enforcement or execution of the regulations.
(3) Where regulations made under subsection (1) of this section provide that any particular certificate or other evidence shall be evidence for all purposes of the result of a test, examination or analysis of a sample, such certificate or other evidence shall, as respects that sample, be accepted by all Courts of Justice as evidence of the result of such test, examination or analysis and shall also be accepted by all Courts of Justice as evidence that such test, examination or analysis was carried out under and in accordance with the regulations.
(4) Where a person is charged with having, in contravention of regulations made under this section, kept for sale any filling material or any bedding, cushion, article of upholstery, toy or similar article and it is shown that the material or article was in the possession of such person, the material or article shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been kept by him for sale.
(5) Where a person is charged with having, in contravention of regulations made under this section, kept any filling material for use for the purpose of making bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles and it is shown that the material was in the possession of such person, the material shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been kept by him for that use.
(6) If the defendant in any prosecution for an offence under this section proves—
(a) that he purchased—
(i) filling material as of a standard of cleanliness which would not have contravened any regulation under this section, or
(ii) an article as containing only filling material of such a standard and with a written warranty to that effect, and
(b) that he had no reason to believe at the time when he committed the offence with which he is charged that the filling material did not conform with the prescribed standard of cleanliness, and
(c) that at the said time the filling material was in the same state as when he purchased it,
the defendant shall be discharged from the prosecution, but shall be liable to pay the costs incurred by the prosecutor unless he gave due notice to the prosecutor that he proposed to rely on the said defence.
(7) A statement by the manufacturer, importer or seller of any filling material or any bedding, cushion, article of upholstery, toy or similar article containing filling material which is a statement as to the standard of cleanliness of the filling material and which is in an invoice or on a label attached to the filling material or article or on the container in which the filling material is sold shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of this section to be a warranty.
(8) Where it appears to the authority or officer enforcing regulations made under this section that an offence has been committed in respect of which proceedings might be taken under this section against some person but that such person could establish a defence under subsection (6) of this section by proving that the offence complained of was due to an act or default of some other person, such authority or officer may take proceedings against that other person without taking proceedings against the first-mentioned person.
(9) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section or who wilfully obstructs the execution of a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(10) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
(11) In this section, the expression “filling material” includes—
(a) rag flock which is produced wholly or in part by tearing up woven, knitted, felted or spun material or other like articles whether new or old, and
(b) hair, fibre, down, feathers, wood shavings, sawdust, straw, and other similar materials, whether new or old, used in the making of bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys, or similar articles, and
(c) linings, webbings and coverings (other than outer coverings) used in the making of bedding, cushions, articles of upholstery, toys or similar articles.
Section 59
Control of use, etc., of radio-active substances and irradiating apparatus.
59.—(1) In this section—
the word “substance” means a natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, including a preparation or manufactured article or article which has been subjected to any artificial treatment or process;
the expression “radio-active substance” means a substance which consists of or contains any radio-active chemical element, whether natural or artificial;
the expression “medical radio-active substance” means a radio-active substance which may be used as a prophylactic, diagnostic or therapeutic agent in the prevention or treatment of any human ailment, infirmity, injury or defect;
the expression “medical irradiating apparatus” means irradiating apparatus which may be used as a prophylactic, diagnostic or therapeutic agent in the prevention or treatment of any human ailment, infirmity, injury or defect.
(2) The Minister may make regulations for the control of the storage, use, exportation or other disposal of medical radio-active substances generally or of any particular medical radio-active substance.
(3) The Minister may make regulations for the control of the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, offering or keeping for sale, use, exportation or other disposal of medical irradiating apparatus generally or of any specified class of such apparatus.
(4) The Minister may F46[, after consultation with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland,] make regulations for—
(a) the prevention of danger to the health of persons occupied in the use of F46[medical] radio-active substances or F46[medical] irradiating apparatus and of other persons whose health may be endangered by such use,
(b) F47[…]
(5) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision for all or any of the following matters:
(a) the enforcement and execution of the regulations—
(i) by officers of the Minister,
(ii) by health authorities and their officers,
(iii) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by officers of Customs and Excise,
(iv) with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, by officers of that Minister,
(v) with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture, by officers of that Minister,
F46[(vi) by members of the staff of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland,]
(b) the prohibition of the storage, use, exportation or other disposal of medical radio-active substances either absolutely or save subject to specified conditions (including the grant of a licence for such storage, use, exportation or other disposal),
(c) the prohibition of the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, offering or keeping for sale, use, exportation or other disposal of irradiating apparatus either absolutely or save subject to specified conditions (including the grant of a licence for such manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, offering or keeping for sale, use, exportation or other disposal),
(d) the determination of the classes of persons to whom licences under the regulations are to be granted,
(e) the prescribing of conditions governing the grant, retention or renewal of licences under the regulations,
(f) the refusal or revocation of licences under the regulations,
(g) the giving and the taking, with or without payment (as the regulations may provide), of samples of radio-active substances,
(h) the imposition of charges (whether fixed, variable or partly fixed and partly variable) in respect of the grant, retention or renewal of licences under the regulations.
(6) Regulations under this section shall not prohibit absolutely the use by a registered medical practitioner in medical practice or by a registered dentist in dental practice of any radio-active substance or any irradiating apparatus, or require a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist to hold a licence for the use of radio-active substances or irradiating apparatus in medical practice or dental practice, as the case may be, or for the storage of such quantities of radio-active substances as may be reasonably required for his practice.
(7) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds and to forfeiture of any substance or apparatus in relation to which the offence was committed.
(8) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the Minister or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
Annotations
Amendments:
F46
Inserted (11.05.1991) by Radiological Protection Act 1991 (12/1971), s. 24(a), (b), (d), commenced on enactment.
F47
Deleted (11.05.1991) by Radiological Protection Act 1991 (12/1971), s. 24(c), commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C3
References to "Radiological Protection Institute" construed (30.07.2014) by Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (20/2014), s. 6, S.I. No. 354 of 2014.
2. In this Act— ...
“Agency” means the Environmental Protection Agency;
...
6. (1) ...
(2) References in any enactment (other than this Act) passed before the dissolution day, or in any instrument made before the dissolution day under an enactment, to the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland shall, on and after the dissolution day, be construed as references to the Agency.
(3) References in any enactment or in any instrument under an enactment that, immediately before the dissolution day, were to be construed as references to the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland shall, on and after the dissolution day, be construed as references to the Agency.
C4
References to "registered medical practitioner" construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), S.I. No. 231 of 2008.
108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.
...
Editorial Notes:
E166
Previous affecting provision: subs. (4) amended (30.11.1973) by Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act 1971 (12/1971), s. 24(a)-(d), S.I. No. 319 of 1973; superseded (11.05.1991) as per F-notes above.
Section 60
Prohibition or control of use of certain verminicides.
60.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for the prohibition or control of the use in the destruction of animals of substances containing live cultures of organisms pathogenic to man.
(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision for all or any of the following matters:
(a) the enforcement and execution of the regulations—
(i) by officers of the Minister,
(ii) by health authorities and their officers,
(b) the prohibition of the use in the destruction of animals of substances containing live cultures of organisms pathogenic to man save subject to specified conditions (including the grant of a licence for such use),
(c) the determination of the classes of persons to whom licences under the regulations are to be granted,
(d) the prescribing of conditions governing the grant, retention and renewal of licences under the regulations,
(e) the refusal or revocation of licences under the regulations,
(f) the imposition of charges in respect of the grant, retention or renewal of licences under the regulations.
(3) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(4) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the Minister or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
Section 61
Control of use of fumigants.
61.—(1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, may by order declare, as respects a specified fumigant, that—
(a) all uses of the fumigant shall be restricted, or
(b) the use of the fumigant for a specified purpose or in specified circumstances shall be restricted.
(2) Where an order under this section declares that all uses of a fumigant shall be restricted, a person shall not use the fumigant save with the permission of the chief medical officer for the area in which the fumigant is used and in accordance with any directions which the officer may give for the purpose of safeguarding public health.
(3) Where an order under this section declares that the use of a fumigant for a specified purpose or in specified circumstances shall be restricted, a person shall not use the fumigant for that purpose or in those circumstances (as the case may be) save with the permission of the chief medical officer for the area in which the fumigant is used and in accordance with any directions which the officer may give for the purpose of safeguarding public health.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(5) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
Section 62
Facilities for teaching of clinical medicine or conduct of medical research.
62.—(1) Where a college which awards any of the qualifying diplomas mentioned in the Second Schedule to the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927), or a college of a university which awards any such diploma, requires facilities for the teaching of clinical medicine or for the conduct of medical research in a health institution—
(a) the Minister, if he so thinks proper, may by order declare the institution to be a teaching institution,
(b) on the institution being declared to be a teaching institution—
(i) it shall be the duty of the health authority by whom the institution is maintained to provide in the institution such facilities for the teaching of clinical medicine or for the conduct of medical research as the Minister may direct from time to time,
(ii) F48[…]
(2) In this section “medicine” shall be construed as including surgery and midwifery, and “medical” shall be construed accordingly.
Annotations
Amendments:
F48
Repealed (24.03.2021) by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 186, S.I. No. 120 of 2021, art. 2(g).
Modifications (not altering text):
C5
References to "health institution" and "institution" construed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (Adaptation) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 106 of 1971), art. 6 and sch.
...
6. Each of the enactments and regulations mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be adapted in the manner and to the extent specified in the second column of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE
|
Title |
Adaptation |
|
... |
... |
|
Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953) |
... In section 62 the reference to a "health institution" shall be construed as a reference to a hospital maintained by a health board under section 38 of the Health Act, 1970 and the references in this section to "institution" shall be construed accordingly. ... |
|
... |
... |
Editorial Notes:
E167
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b)(ii) amended (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 2, S.I. No. 887 of 2004; repealed (24.03.2021) as per F-note above.
E168
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b)(ii) amended (6.10.2004) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004), s. 61 and sch. 2 part 1, commenced on enactment; repealed (24.03.2021) as per F-note above.
E169
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b)(ii) amended (1.01.1984) by Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1983 (1/1983), s. 7(2)(a), S.I. No. 371 of 1983; repealed (24.03.2021) as per F-note above.
Section 63
Courses of instruction for medical officers.
63.—(1) In this section, the expression “medical officer” means an officer of a health authority whose office is an office the holder of which is required to be a registered medical practitioner.
(2) A health authority, with the approval of the Minister, may do all things necessary to provide from time to time courses of instruction for medical officers (including medical officers of other authorities).
(3) Where a health authority provide a course of instruction under this section, they may, at their discretion, permit registered medical practitioners who are not medical officers to attend at such course.
(4) The Minister shall notify the Medical Registration Council of courses of instruction approved under this section.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing an obligation on a medical officer to attend at a course of instruction provided under this section.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C6
References to "registered medical practitioner" and "Medical Registration Council" construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), (3), S.I. No. 231 of 2008.
108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.
(2) ...
(3) Every reference to—
(a) ...
(b) the Medical Registration Council,
contained in any other enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as the Council within the meaning of section 2.
Section 64
Schools for training of nurses.
64.—(1) In this section—
the expression “nursing school” means a school for the training of persons to be nurses;
the expression “student nurse” means a person being trained to be a nurse.
(2) A health authority may, with the consent of the Minister, and shall, if the Minister so directs, provide and maintain a nursing school in connection with a health institution maintained by them and may, subject to such conditions as they think fit, admit persons to such school as student nurses.
(3) A health authority who maintain a nursing school under this section may, with the consent of the Minister, pay remuneration to a student nurse of the school.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C7
References to "health institution" and "institution" construed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (Adaptation) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 106 of 1971), art. 6 and sch.
...
6. Each of the enactments and regulations mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be adapted in the manner and to the extent specified in the second column of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE
|
Title |
Adaptation |
|
... |
... |
|
Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953) |
... In section 64(2) the reference to a "health institution" shall be construed as a reference to a hospital maintained by a health board under section 38 of the Health Act, 1970 and the references in this section to "institution" shall be construed accordingly. ... |
|
... |
... |
Section 65
Assistance for certain bodies.
65.—(1) F49[…]
(2) F50[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F49
Repealed (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 73 and sch. 4 part 1, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
F50
Repealed (1.06.1992) by Child Care Act 1991 (17/1991), s. 79 and sch., S.I. No. 123 of 1992.
Editorial Notes:
E170
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) restricted (2.6.1999) by Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 (13/1999), s. 7(6), commenced on enactment; subsection repealed (1.01.2005) as per F-note above.
E171
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1) amended (6.11.1996) by Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 (32/1996), s. 19, commenced on enactment; subsection repealed (1.01.2005) as per F-note above.
Section 66
Dispensary residences under Public Assistance Act, 1939.
66.—(1) Every residence which, immediately before the commencement of this section, was maintained under section 43 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939, by the council of a county or corporation of a county borough as a public assistance authority shall, on and after such commencement, be deemed to have been provided by such council or corporation under section 105 of the Principal Act.
(2) Where section 105 of the Principal Act applies to a board of assistance or board of public assistance by virtue of an order under section 45 or section 46 of this Act commencing on the commencement of this section, every residence which, immediately before the commencement of this section, was maintained under section 43 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939, by such board shall, on and after such commencement, be deemed to have been provided by such board under section 105 of the Principal Act.
(3) Where a residence is in course of erection under section 43 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939, by a public assistance authority immediately before the commencement of this section, such residence shall be completed in like manner as if this Act had not been passed and, when it is completed, subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section (as may be appropriate) shall apply in relation thereto.
Section 67
Apportionment of expenditure on central health service.
67.—(1) In this section “central health service” means a service provided in accordance with law by a Minister of State for the benefit of two or more authorities to whom this section applies.
(2) Where expenditure is incurred by the Minister or any other Minister of State on the provision of any central health service, the Minister may by order apportion the whole or part of the expenditure among the authorities concerned in such manner as he thinks reasonable.
(3) An authority to whom this section applies shall pay to the Minister any amount apportioned to them by an order under this section and such amount shall thereupon be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance.
(4) Where a health authority fail to pay an amount apportioned to them by an order under this section, the amount may be deducted by the Minister from any sum payable to them under the Health Services (Financial Provisions) Act, 1947.
(5) Each of the following authorities shall be an authority to whom this section applies:
(a) a health authority,
(b) a mental hospital authority under the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945).
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C8
Functions transferred and references to “Minister for Finance” construed as "Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in operation as per art. 1(2).
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
...
are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
...
5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
...
Schedule 1
Enactments
...
Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
... |
... |
... |
|
No. 26 of 1953 |
Health Act 1953 |
Sections 15(4), 50(5) and 67(3) |
|
... |
... |
... |
The history of the Ministers concerned with this provision can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and title of Minister for Finance changed to Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2025);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (1.02.2023) by Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 19 of 2023), in operation as per art. 1(2);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (5.06.2025) by Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 243 of 2025).
Section 68
Inspection of provisions and water for crew of Irish ships.
68.—(1) An authorised officer may, as respects an Irish ship, carry out any inspection under section 206 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or section 26 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, in like manner and with the like powers as if he had been duly appointed under the said section 206.
(2) Any offence which is to be prosecuted consequent on an inspection carried out in pursuance of this section by an authorised officer may be prosecuted by the health authority.
(3) In this section—
“Irish ship” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947);
“authorised officer” means an officer of a health authority appointed in writing by the F51[chief executive officer thereof] to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this section.
Annotations
Amendments:
F51
Substituted (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (Adaptation) Regulations 1971 S.I. No. 106 of 1971, art. 6 and sch., in operation as per reg. 2.
Section 69
Restriction of application of Public Assistance Act, 1939.
69.—The Public Assistance Act, 1939, shall cease to have effect as respects the provision of—
(a) medical assistance as defined therein, and
(b) general assistance as defined therein given by way of admission to an institution,
and the said Act shall be construed accordingly.
Section 70
Amendment of Tuberculosis (Establishment of Sanatoria) Act, 1945.
70.—(1) In this section “the Act” means the Tuberculosis (Establishment of Sanatoria) Act, 1945 (No. 4 of 1945).
(2) Section 6 of the Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:
“(2a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when the establishment under this Act of a sanatorium has, in the opinion of the Minister, been completed, the Minister, if he so thinks proper, may transfer his estate or interest in the land on which the sanatorium has been established and the equipment of the sanatorium to a joint board established by an order under section 45 of the Health Act, 1953, and, in the case of any such transfer, subsection (2) of this section shall have effect with the substitution of ‘joint board’ for ‘county authority or county authorities’”.
(3) The following section shall be added to the Act after section 17:
Disposal of surplus land.
“18. (1) Where the Minister has acquired land under this Part of this Act and, as respects such land or any part thereof—
(a) the Minister has not transferred his estate or interest therein under subsection (2) or subsection (2a) of section 6 of this Act, and
(b) it appears to the Minister that such land or part is no longer required for the purposes of the establishment of a sanatorium,
the Minister may dispose of such land or part in such manner as he thinks proper.
(2) All moneys received by the Minister in respect of the disposal of land under this section shall be paid by the Minister to the Hospitals Trust Board and shall form part of the Hospitals Trust Fund.”
Section 71
Amendment of Mental Treatment Act, 1945.
71.—F52[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F52
Repealed (1.04.1971) by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 90 of 1971.
Section 72
Amendment of Health Services (Financial Provisions) Act, 1947.
72.—(1) In this section—
“the Act” means the Health Services (Financial Provisions) Act, 1947;
“standard expenditure”, “health service” and “net health expenditure” have the same meanings as in the Act.
(2) Where the boundary between the functional areas of two health authorities has been altered (whether before or after the commencement of this section), the Minister may adjust the sums which are the standard expenditures for the authorities—
(a) by such amounts as he considers proper in respect of the year in which the alteration has become operative, and
(b) by such amounts as he considers proper in respect of each subsequent year,
and the sums so adjusted shall, subject to any subsequent adjustment under this section or under section 3 of the Act become and be, in respect of the years to which they relate, the standard expenditures for the authorities.
(3) The Minister may, in respect of a particular year and for a particular body, fix a sum which shall be the maximum expenditure which may be included in respect of a health service or part of a health service in the calculation of the net health expenditure of that body in respect of that year.
(4) The Minister, to correct errors or omissions, may at any time amend a certificate of net health expenditure given by him under the Act.
(5) Where, with reference to the Act, any doubt, dispute or question arises, or, in the opinion of the Minister, is likely to arise as to—
(a) whether a particular item of expenditure or class of items of expenditure is or is not capital expenditure, or
(b) the year to which any item of expenditure or any receipt is to be attributed,
the doubt, dispute or question shall be decided by the Minister.
Annotations
Amendments:
F53
Repealed by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C9
Prospective affecting provision: section repealed by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, not commenced as of date of revision.
72.—F53[…]
Editorial Notes:
E172
The Health Services (Financial Provisions) Act 1947 (47/1947) was repealed by Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 3 and sch. 1, not commenced as of date of revision.
Schedule
SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
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Number and Year |
Short title |
Extent of Repeal |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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No. 27 of 1939. |
||
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No. 19 of 1945. |
Sections 232, 233 and 234. |
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No. 28 of 1947. |
||
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Subsections (4) and (8) of section 44; |
||
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Sections 55, 67, 73 and 101. |
Number 26 of 1953
HEALTH ACT 1953
REVISED
Updated to 3 February 2026
About this Revised Act
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Health Acts 1947 to 2024: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024 (42/2024), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Health Act 1947 (28/1947)
• Health Act 1953 (26/1953) (citation only)
• Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 (46/1960) (citation only)
• Health Act 1970 (1/1970)
• Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (12/1977), s. 36 and s. 42 in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 1970 (citation only)
• Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 (20/1979)
• Health (Amendment) Act 1986 (10/1986)
• Health (Amendment) Act 1987 (3/1987)
• Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 (23/1990)
• Health (Amendment) Act 1991 (15/1991), other than s. 8
• Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (11/1994)
• Health (Amendment) Act 1996 (15/1996)
• Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1996 (23/1996)
• Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 (32/1996), other than ss. 21, 22
• Health (Provision of Information) Act 1997 (9/1997)
• Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 (13/1999)
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (14/2001), except in so far as it relates to the Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act 1988 (citation only)
• Health Act 2004 (42/2004)
• Health (Amendment) Act 2005 (3/2005), in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 2004
• Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (3/2006), Part 5 (ss. 25-29)
• Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (17/2006)
• Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006 (22/2006), except s. 6
• Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007 (1/2007)
• Health Act 2007 (23/2007)
• Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 57(9) (citation only)
• Health Act 2008 (21/2008)
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (25/2009), s. 64
• Health (Amendment) Act 2010 (15/2010) (citation only)
• Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010 (20/2010)
• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011), ss. 35, 36 (citation only)
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 (10/2013)
• Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (14/2013), s. 30 (citation only)
• Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (23/2013)
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Act 2013 (42/2013) (citation only)
• Local Government Reform Act (1/2014), the amendment to the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 provided for in s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6
• Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014)
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (28/2014)
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015 (19/2015)
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2018 (13/2018)
• Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (17/2019), other than Part 3 (ss. 33-37)
• Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 (11/2020)
• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), Part 2 (s. 5) (citation only)
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022 (20/2022), other than s. 7 (citation only)
• Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024 (42/2024), (ss. 2-4)
Acts included in the group but now repealed are:
• Health Act 1954 (23/1954)
• Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s.1
• Health (Homes For Incapacitated Persons) Act 1964 (8/1964)
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1
• Health (Mental Services) Act 1981 (17/1981)
• Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 (4/1985)
• Health (Amendment) Act 2004 (19/2004)
• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019), Part 2 (s. 4)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020)
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (18/2010)
• Health Act 2004 (42/2004)
• Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004)
• Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 (13/1999)
• Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 (32/1996)
• Child Care Act 1991 (17/1991)
• Radiological Protection Act 1991 (9/1991)
• Children Act 1989 (18/1989)
• Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1983 (1/1983)
• Health (Mental Services) Act 1981 (17/1981)
• Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Nuicleigh) Act 1971 (12/1971)
• Health Act 1970 (1/1970)
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966)
• Local Government (Repeal of Enactments) Act 1964 (33/1964)
• Health Authorities Act 1960 (9/1960)
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958)
• Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957)
• Health Act 1954 (23/1954)
All Acts up to and including Credit Review Act 2026 (1/2026), enacted 3 February 2026, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
• Health (Official Control of Food) Approved Laboratories Order 1996 (S.I. No. 242 of 1996)
• Health (Official Control of Food) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 241 of 1996)
• Health (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 283 of 1995)
• Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 78 of 1994)
• Health (Tin in Food) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 389 of 1993)
• Health (Nutrition Labelling for Foodstuffs) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 388 of 1993)
• Health (Extraction Solvents in Foodstuffs) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 387 of 1993)
• Health (Cylamate in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 73 of 1992)
• Health (Arsenic and Lead in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 72 of 1992)
• Health (Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 71 of 1992)
• Health (Solvents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 70 of 1992)
• Health (Antioxidant in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 69 of 1992)
• Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 68 of 1992)
• Health (Erucic Acid in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 67 of 1992)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 66 of 1992)
• Health (Vinyl Chloride in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 65 of 1992)
• Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 24 of 1992)
• Health (Official Control of Food) Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 332 of 1991)
• Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thicking and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 102 of 1990)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 263 of 1989)
• Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 62 of 1989)
• Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 186 of 1985)
• Health (Vinyl Chloride in Food) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 95 of 1984)
• Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 67 of 1983)
• Health (Foods For Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations 1982 (S.I. No. 272 of 1982)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 337 of 1981)
• Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 336 of 1981)
• Health (Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, Thickening and Gelling Agents in Food) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 35 of 1980)
• Health (Colouring Agents in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 140 of 1978)
• Health (Erucic Acid in Food) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 123 of 1978)
• Health (Colouring Agents in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 149 of 1973)
• Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 148 of 1973)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 147 of 1973)
• Health (Solvents in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 304 of 1972)
• Health (Antioxidant in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 303 of 1972)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 302 of 1972)
• Health (Colouring Matter in Food) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 301 of 1972)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 168 of 1972)
• Health (Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 45 of 1972)
• Health (Arsenic and Lead in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 44 of 1972)
• Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 43 of 1972)
• Health (Antioxidant in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 42 of 1972)
• Health (Colouring Matter in Food) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 41 of 1972)
• Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 322 of 1971)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 207 of 1971)
• Joint Health Boards (Dissolution) Order 1971 (S.I. 118 of 1971)
• Health Act, 1970 (Adaptation) Regulations 1971 (S.I. 106 of 1971)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 (S.I. No. 169 of 1970)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 (S.I. No. 142 of 1969)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 155 of 1968)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 57 of 1968)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1967 (S.I. No. 188 of 1967)
• County Mayo (Dispensary Districts) Order 1967 (S.I. No. 170 of 1967)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 244 of 1966)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 105 of 1966)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 70 of 1966)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 69 of 1966)
• Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 190 of 1965)
• Institutional Assistance Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 177 of 1965)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 176 of 1965)
• County Mayo (Dispensary Districts) Order 1965 (S.I. No. 51 of 1965)
• County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) (No. 2) Order 1964 (S.I. No. 293 of 1964)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 192 of 1964)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 158 of 1964)
• County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1964 (S.I. No. 107 of 1964)
• Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 241 of 1963)
• Cork Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 211 of 1963)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 142 of 1963)
• Disabled Persons (Rehabilitation) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 141 of 1963)
• County Clare (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 84 of 1963)
• Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 74 of 1963)
• County Galway (Dispensary Districts) Order 1963 (S.I. No. 61 of 1963)
• County Laoighis (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 213 of 1962)
• County Kildare (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 145 of 1962)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 133 of 1962)
• County Meath (Dispensary Districts) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 41 of 1962)
• County Kerry (Dispensary Districts) (No. 2) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 281 of 1961)
• County Meath (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 280 of 1961)
• Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations 1961 (S.I. No. 198 of 1961)
• Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 193 of 1961)
• County Wicklow (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 172 of 1961)
• County Kerry (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 152 of 1961)
• County Wexford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 150 of 1961)
• Limerick Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 108 of 1961)
• Cork Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 63 of 1961)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations (S.I. No. 261 of 1960)
• Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) (Number 2) Order 1960 (S.I. No. 253 of 1960)
• Dublin Health Authority Area (Dispensary Districts) Order 1960 (S.I. No. 228 of 1960)
• Mental Health Boards Order 1960 (S.I. No. 140 of 1960)
• Dublin Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1959 (S.I. No. 56 of 1959)
• County Longford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1959 (S.I. No. 41 of 1959)
• Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 270 of 1958)
• South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 269 of 1958)
• Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 268 of 1958)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 266 of 1958)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 265 of 1958)
• Waterford Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 107 of 1958)
• Wicklow County and Rathdown Public Assistance District (Dispensary Districts) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 225 of 1957)
• Specialist Services (Charges) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 198 of 1957)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 51 of 1957)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 142 of 1956)
• Dublin City and County Dispensary Districts Order 1956 (S.I. No. 111 of 1956)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Insured Persons) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 75 of 1956)
• Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 74 of 1956)
• South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 73 of 1956)
• Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 72 of 1956)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 44 of 1956)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 43 of 1956)
• County Waterford (Dispensary Districts) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 167 of 1955)
• General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 49 of 1955)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 48 of 1955)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 47 of 1955)
• Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 31 of 1955)
• Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 21 of 1955)
• South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 17 of 1955)
• County Borough of Limerick (Dispensary Districts) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 293 of 1954)
• Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 207 of 1954)
• Western Health Institutions Board Order 1953 (Amendment) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 166 of 1954)
• Cork Sanatoria Board Order 1953 (Amendment) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 165 of 1954)
• Waterford Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 164 of 1954)
• South Cork Board of Public Assistance (Health Functions) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 163 of 1954)
• Dublin Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order (S.I. No. 162 of 1954)
• General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 159 of 1954)
• Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 158 of 1954)
• Institutional Assistance Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 103 of 1954)
• General Medical Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 102 of 1954)
• Boarding Out of Children Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 101 of 1954)
• General Institutional and Specialist Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 100 of 1954)
• Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 98 of 1954)
• Milk For Mothers and Children Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 97 of 1954)
• Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) Regulations 1954 (S.I. No. 73 of 1954)
• Health Act, 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order 1954 (S.I. No. 62 of 1954)
• Cork Sanatoria Board Order 1953 (S.I. No. 416 of 1953)
• Western Health Institutions Board Order 1953 (S.I. No. 415 of 1953)
• Public Assistance Authorities (Health Functions) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 414 of 1953)
• Maternity Cash Grants Regulations 1953 (S.I. No. 410 of 1953)
• Health Act, 1953 (Date of Commencement) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 377 of 1953)
All statutory instruments up to and including Gambling Regulation Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2026 (S.I. No. 31 of 2026), made 3 February 2026, were considered in the preparation of this revision.