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3 1943

SAINT LAURENCE'S HOSPITAL ACT, 1943

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short Title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Saint Laurence's Hospital Act, 1943.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;

the expression “the Act of 1856” means the Dublin Hospitals Regulation Act (19 and 20 Vic., c. 110);

the expression “the existing hospitals” means the hospitals in the City of Dublin which are referred to in the Act of 1856 as the House of Industry Hospitals;

the expression “the existing governing body” means the board of governors of the existing hospitals established under the Act of 1856;

the expression “paid officer” means an officer who is, by the terms of his appointment, entitled to be paid remuneration by the body whose officer he is;

the expression “the new hospital” means the hospital to be erected and established under this Act.

The first appointed day” and “the second appointed day”.

3. —(1) The Minister shall by order appoint a day to be the first appointed day for the purposes of this Act and references in this Act to the first appointed day shall be construed as references to the day so appointed.

(2) When the new hospital has been erected and equipped and is, in the opinion of the Minister, ready for the reception of patients, he shall by order appoint a day to be the second appointed day for the purposes of this Act and references in this Act to the second appointed day shall be construed as references to the day so appointed.

Expenses of the Minister generally.

4. —The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act, except such expenses as are required by this Act to be paid to the Minister by the Hospitals Trust Board, shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.