S.I. No. 88/1975:

DUBLIN DENTAL HOSPITAL (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1963 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1975.

DUBLIN DENTAL HOSPITAL (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1963 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 , 4 and 6 of the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 (No. 27 of 1961) hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order, 1963 (Amendment) Order, 1975.

2. In this Order--

"the Principal Order" means the Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order, 1963 ( S.I. No. 129 of 1963 ) ;

"the Order of 1964" means the Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order, 1963 (Amendment) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 260 of 1964 ) ;

"the Order of 1971" means the Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order, 1963 (Amendment) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 23 of 1971 ).

3. The Principal Order shall be amended as follows--

( a ) The following sub-articles shall be substituted for Article 16 (3) and (4) (as added by Article 2 (d) of the Order of 1971)--

"(3) The Board may appoint Committees, which may include persons who are not members of the Board, to assist the Board in relation to particular aspects of its day-to-day business and to furnish advice on particular aspects of its functions.

(4) A Committee so appointed shall act subject to such directions as may be given by the Board, and any expenditure of moneys by such Committee shall be subject to the approval of the Board."

( b ) The following sub-article shall be substituted for Article 18 (2) (as amended by the Order of 1971)--

"(2) The financial year of the Board shall be the year ending on the 31st day of December and for the purpose of this provision the period commencing on the 1st day of April, 1974 and ending on the 31st day of December, 1974 shall be deemed to be a financial year of the Board."

( c ) The following Article shall be inserted after Article 24 (as inserted by Article 5 of the Order of 1964)--

"25. The Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956 shall, in its application to the Board, be subject to the following modifications, in addition to the modifications specified in Articles 23 and 24--

( a ) An officer of the Board who--

(i) is a permanent officer of the Board,

(ii) devotes the whole of his time to the service of the Board,

(iii) was, immediately before the 17th day of July, 1963, in the employment of the Incorporated Dental Hospital of Ireland, and

(iv) is not a person in respect of whom the Minister for Health has made, prior to the 25th day of April, 1975, a declaration under Article 23 of the Order that he is a registrable officer of the Board for the purposes of the said Act

shall be a registrable officer of the Board and shall have his name entered in the register of pensionable officers maintained by the Board with effect from the 25th day of April, 1975.

( b ) A person whose name is entered in the register of pensionable officers in accordance with this Article shall be entitled to reckon as service with the Board--

(i) The period of his service in a wholetime permanent capacity with the Incorporated Dental Hospital of Ireland, and

(ii) the period of his service in a wholetime permanent capacity with the Board.

( c ) No contribution under section 23 of the said Act shall be required from a person in respect of whom the Board were paying the whole of the premium on an Endowment Insurance Policy to make provision for his superannuation and whose name is entered in the register under this Article."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 25th day

of April, 1975.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the modifications, contained in the above Order, of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956 , as applied to the Dublin Dental Hospital Board.

Dated this 25th day of April, 1975.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is (1) to provide that non-Board members may be appointed to Committees of the Dublin Dental Hospital Board, (2) to change the Board's financial year to that of the calendar year and (3) to apply the provisions of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956 to certain wholetime officers of the Board who were previously excluded from the benefit of that Act by reason of provision for retirement benefits which had been made in respect of them.