S.I. No. 161/1954 - Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863, and Adoption Act, 1952 (Adaptation) Order, 1954.

1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863, and

Adoption Act, 1952

(Adaptation) Order, 1954.

2. In section 18 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863, as adapted by

section 89

of the

Public Assistance Act, 1939

, the words " dispensary district within the meaning of

section 51

of the

Health Act, 1953

" shall be substituted for the words " dispensary district of a public assistance district ".

3. The following adaptations shall be made in the

Adoption Act 1952

(No. 25 of 1952) ;

(

a

) in section 23 the words " or a health authority " shall be inserted after the words " public assistance authority ".

(

b

) in subsection (1) and subsection (2) of section 34 and in paragraph (

c

) of subsection (1) of section 41 the words " health authority, board of assistance or board of public assistance " shall be substituted for the words " public assistance authority ".

GIIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this thirty-first day of July, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-four.

THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Health.

S.I. No. 161 of 1954.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS (IRELAND) ACT, 1863, AND ADOPTION ACT, 1952 (ADAPTATION) ORDER, 1954.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 109

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947), hereby orders as follows :—