S.I. No. 114/1987 - Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

2. In these Regulations—

" the Act" means the

Health Act, 1970

.

3. The following diseases and disabilities are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 56 (3) of the Act: mental handicap, mental illness, phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, haemophilia and cerebral palsy.

4. Article 7 of the health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (

S.I. No. 277 of 1971

) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 14th day of April, 1987.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 14th day of April, 1987.

RAY MACSHARRY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the diseases and disabilities in respect of which out-patient services are to be provided without charge for children under the

Health Act, 1970

.

S.I. No. 114 of 1987.

HEALTH SERVICES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1987.

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

section 5

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and

section 56

(3) of the

Health Act, 1970

(No. 1 of 1970) as substituted by

section 1

of the

Health (Amendment) Act, 1987

(No. 3 of 1987) with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations