S.I. No. 14/1951 - Health Act, 1947 (Date of Commencement) Order, 1951.

1. This Order shall be cited as the

Health Act, 1947

(Date of Commencement) Order, 1951.

2. Section 4 of the Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1951, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the enactments which are specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

Session and Chapter or number and year

Short Title

Extent of Repeal

41 & 42 Vic., c. 52

Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

Sections 132 to 136.

53 & 54 Vic., c. 59

Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.

Section 28.

59 & 60 Vic., c. 54

Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896.

Sections 9 to 14.

7 Edw. VII, c. 32

Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907.

The Whole Act.

No. 5 of 1925

Local Government Act, 1925

Section 23.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this twentieth day of January One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-one.

NOËL C. BROWNE,

Minister for Health.

S.I. No. 14 of 1951.

HEALTH ACT, 1947 (DATE OF COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1951.

WHEREAS by

Section 3

of the

Health Act, 1947

(hereinafter called " the Act ") it is enacted that the Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister for Health either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of the Act.

NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers so conferred on him, hereby orders as follows