PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(3) This Act, other than Part 3, shall be included in the collective citation “Health Acts 1947 to 2019” and shall be read together as one with those Acts.

Definition

2. In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Health Act 2004.

Repeals

3. Each of the following is repealed:

(a) Part 3A of the Principal Act;

(b) section 22 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013.