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Dublin Health Authority.
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2.—(1) There is hereby established a body which shall be known as the Dublin Health Authority.
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(2) The Dublin Health Authority shall consist of nine members appointed by the council of the county of Dublin, fifteen members appointed by Dublin Corporation and three members appointed by the Dún Laoghaire Corporation.
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(3) The Minister may by regulations substitute different numbers for all or any of the numbers specified in subsection (2) of this section and, while any such regulations are in force, that subsection shall have effect accordingly.
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(4) The functional area of the Dublin Health Authority shall consist of the county borough of Dublin and the administrative county of Dublin, together with, with respect to functions related to the operation of services under the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1958, the administrative county of Wicklow.
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(5) (a) Three members of the council of the county of Wicklow shall be appointed by resolution by that council for the purposes of this subsection.
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(b) The persons appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to be present at meetings of the Dublin Health Authority and, as respects business at any such meeting relating to the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1958, to take part in discussions and to vote in like manner as if they were members of the Dublin Health Authority.
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(c) The following provisions shall have effect for the purpose of this subsection:
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(i) the appointment of persons shall be carried out, in the case of the first appointment, at the meeting of the council of the county of Wicklow held next after the establishment of the Dublin Health Authority, and thereafter at the annual meeting of the council held next after every quinquennial election of members of the council;
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(ii) every person appointed shall hold office as a person appointed for the purposes of this subsection (unless he sooner dies, resigns or becomes disqualified) until the day after his successor has been appointed;
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(iii) where a person appointed ceases to be, or is disqualified for being, a member of the council, he shall also cease to be, or be disqualified for being, appointed for the purposes of this subsection;
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(iv) a person appointed may resign by giving notice in writing signed by him to the secretary of the council, but the resignation shall not become effective until the meeting of the council held next after the receipt of the notice given to the secretary;
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(v) a casual vacancy occurring among the persons appointed shall be filled by the council within one month after the occurrence of the vacancy or within such further time as the Minister may allow.
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(6) (a) Subsection (5) of this section shall cease to have effect on its being so provided by order made by the Minister.
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(b) An order under this subsection shall not be made save upon request made by the council of the county of Wicklow by resolution.
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(7) Where it is proposed to make regulations under this section, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.
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