S.I. No. 283/2019 - Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019

1. This Order may be cited as the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The 28

th

day of June 2019 is appointed as the day on which the

Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019

(No. 17 of 2019) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 June 2019.

SIMON HARRIS

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 2019

(No. 17 of 2019) into operation. The Act provides for a Board for the Health Service Executive and a Chief Executive Officer who is accountable to the Board. Under the Act, the Board is the governing body of the Health Service Executive and is accountable to the Minister for the performance of its functions.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2nd

July,

2019.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019

(No. 17 of 2019), hereby order as follows