Health Services Act — Lineage & Amendments
Visual diagrams showing how the Health Services Act, No. 12 of 1952 evolved through amendments and how the original governance hierarchy was structured.
Amendment Flowchart
The Health Services Act has been amended four times between 1956 and 1987. Two amendments were administrative (low impact), and two changed governance structure (medium impact).
Legend: Blue = low impact, Orange = medium impact, Red = external supersession
Source Documents
| Act | Year | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Services Act, No. 12 of 1952 | 1952 | LawNet (HTML) | View original act |
| Amendment No. 10 of 1956 | 1956 | LawNet (HTML, incorporated) | View source |
| Amendment No. 13 of 1962 | 1962 | CommonLII | View source |
| Amendment No. 3 of 1977 | 1977 | Lanka Law (HTML) | View source |
| Amendment No. 13 of 1987 | 1987 | Lanka Law (PDF) | View PDF |
Governance Hierarchy (Original 1952 Design)
The Health Services Act established a three-tier governance structure. The top tier (Health Council) remains legally active, while the lower two tiers were superseded by provincial devolution in 1989.
Legend: Green = legally active, Red = obsolete (superseded 1989), Gray = reporting target
Entity-Relationship Diagram
This ER diagram shows the structural relationships between entities defined in the Health Services Act, modeled using OpenGIN-compatible entity types.