S.I. No. 275/2013 - Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 25th day of July 2013 is appointed as the day on which the

Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013

(No. 23 of 2013) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 July 2013.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order brings the

Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013

(No. 23 of 2013) into operation. The Act abolishes the Board of the Health Service Executive and provides for a Directorate to be the new governing body of the Health Service Executive in place of the Board.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th July

, 2013.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(3) of the

Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013

(No. 23 of 2013), hereby order as follows