Health Act 1953
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.
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Modifications (not altering text):
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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.
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