National Breast Screening Board (Establishment) Order, 1998
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the National Breast Screening Board (Establishment) Order 1998.
2 Interpretation
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paragraphs: In this Order -
" the Act" means the Health Act, 1970 ]No. 1 of 1970];
"the Board" means the National Breast Screening Board;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Health and Children;
"the health boards" means the eight health boards established by the Health Boards Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 170 of 1970 );
"the Programme" means the National Breast Screening Programme;
"Phase I" means Phase I of the Programme
3 Joint Action by Health Boards
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paragraphs: (1) The health boards shall jointly take measures for the reduction of the incidence of mortality due to breast cancer in women.
(3) The Programme shall be carried out in phases:
(a) Phase I in respect of women aged not less than 50 years and not more than 64 years residing in the functional areas of the Eastern Health Board, the Midland Health Board and the North Eastern Health Board;
(b) such subsequent phases as may be determined by the Minister after consultation with the Board.
4 Establishment
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paragraphs: A Joint Board to be known as An Bord Cioch Scrudaithe Naisiunta or in the English language as the National Breast Screening Board is hereby established for the purposes of this Order.
5 Functions
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paragraphs: (1) The Board shall, in accordance with the directions of the health boards, prepare, institute and carry out the Programme.
(3) The Board shall commence to carry out the subsequent phases of the Programme at such times as the Minister may determine and specify to the Board.
(b) The Board shall have all such powers as are necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall establish appropriate systems for the planning, administration and carrying out of Phase I and for obtaining such information as it may require in relation to the management and administration of the Board (including its financial arrangements).
(c) (i) The Board shall prepare and submit each year to the Minister a plan for the implementation of Phase I of the Programme. Such plans should include an estimate of expenditure proposed to be incurred by the Board.
(ii) The Board shall keep under review the Programme and its effectiveness and the plans aforesaid and the finances of the Board and may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, amend, with the consent of the Minister, the Programme and the annual plan.
(d) The Board shall, at such times as the Minister considers appropriate and specifies to the Board, prepare and submit to the Minister plans for the carrying out of the subsequent phases of the Programme.
(e) The Board shall carry out a plan, or a plan as amended under paragraph (c) of this Article, in accordance with its terms.
6 Membership
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paragraphs: (1) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister and shall consist of the chief executive officers of the health boards and not more than four other persons nominated by those officers who shall be drawn from the disciplines involved in the early diagnosis and primary treatment of breast cancer in women.
(2) The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of a member of the Board other than such a member who is the chief executive officer of a health board.
7 Provisions in Relation of Membership of the Board
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paragraphs: (1) A person who ceases to be the chief executive officer of a health board shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board.
(2) A member of the Board, other than a chief executive officer of a health board, shall hold office for such period as may be determined at the time of his or her appointment to be such a member.
(3) A casual vacancy occurring among the members of the Board shall be filled by the Minister and, if the casual vacancy is occasioned by a person who is not a chief executive officer of a health board, it shall be filled by a person drawn from the discipline referred to in Article 6(1) of this Order.
(4) A member of the Board may resign his or her membership by giving notice to the Board in writing signed by him or her but the resignation shall not become effective until the meeting of the Board held next after the receipt of the notice.
8 Remuneration and Expenses
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paragraphs: (1) A person shall not receive any remuneration for acting as a member of the Board.
(2) Members of the Board may be paid travelling and subsistence allowances in accordance with such scale as may from time to time be applicable to the chief executive officers of health boards.
9 Chairman
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paragraphs: The board shall from time to time elect one of its members to be chairman of the Board and another of its members to be vice—chairman of the Board.
10 Meetings
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paragraphs: (1) The Board shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.