# The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Article 32: Director of Public Health

Extent: N.I.

(1) The chief administrative medical officer of the Regional Agency shall be known as the Director of Public Health for Northern Ireland.
(1A) For any reference to the Director of Public Health of a Health and Social Services Board in—
(a) the statutory provisions mentioned in paragraph (2);
(b) any other statutory provision passed or made before the coming into operation of section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009,
there shall be substituted a reference to the Director of Public Health for Northern Ireland.
(2) The statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are—
(a) section 1 of the Notification of Births Act 1907;
(b) sections 125(2) and 134 of the Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965;
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(3) In section 22A of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 . . . (exercise of functions of chief administrative medical officer) for the words “other medical officer” there shall be substituted “ other officer ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/194/article/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-32
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