S.I. No. 279/2007 - The Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965, (Amendment) Order, 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (Amendment) Order, 2007.

2. The Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (

S.I. No. 78 of 1965

) is amended by:-

(a) substituting for paragraph (1) of Article 16 the following paragraph

“(1) The Chairman shall receive such remuneration for acting as Chairman of the Board, as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine.”

(b) by the addition to Article 16 of the following paragraph

“(3) Members of the Board may receive such remuneration for acting as members of the Board, as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 23 day of May 2007.

__________________

Mary Harney

Minister for Health and Children

Explanatory Note

(This Explanatory Note does not purport to be part of the legal instrument)

The Regulations amend The Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965, (

S.I. No. 78 of 1965

) to provide for the remuneration of members of the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

The Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by

section 3

of the

Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961

(No. 27 of 1961), (as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order (

S.I. No. 308 of 1997

), hereby orders as follows