PART 3

Miscellaneous

Amendment of Health Act 1970

33. (1) Section 47 of the Health Act 1970 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive” for “Director General of the Health Service Executive”.

(2) Subsection (1) shall come into operation on the commencement of section 2 of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014.

Amendment of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

34. Section 2 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (k):

“(k) the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive appointed under section 21A of the Health Act 2004,”.

Amendment of Children First Act 2015

35. The Children First Act 2015 is amended—

(a) in section 21(3)(d), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “Director General”, and

(b) in section 24(2)(d)(ii), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “Director General”.

Amendment of European Union (Cosmetic Products) Regulations 2013

36. The European Union (Cosmetic Products) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 440 of 2013) are amended—

(a) in Regulation 2(1), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant person”, by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “director general”, and

(b) in Regulation 12—

(i) in paragraph (1), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “director general”, and

(ii) in paragraph (7), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “director general”.

Amendment of European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016

37. Regulation 42 of the European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 271 of 2016) is amended—

(a) in paragraph (1), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “Director General”,

(b) in paragraph (6), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “Director General”, and

(c) in paragraph (9), by the substitution of “chief executive officer” for “Director General”.