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3 1943

SAINT LAURENCE'S HOSPITAL ACT, 1943

PART IV.

Saint Laurence's Hospital.

Submission of a scheme for the erection, etc., of the new hospital.

25. —As soon as the Minister has acquired under this Act a site for the new hospital he shall inform the Board accordingly, and the Board shall, with all convenient speed, prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme for the erection and equipment of a new hospital (including accommodation for the staff thereof) on the site so acquired, setting out the plans and specifications and the estimated cost of carrying out the scheme and any other relevant matters.

Procedure after submission of a scheme.

26. —(1) Where a scheme is submitted under the next preceding section by the Board to the Minister for his approval, the Minister may by order either (as he shall think proper) approve of such scheme without modification, or modify such scheme in such manner (whether by addition, omission, or variation) as he shall think proper and approve of such scheme as so modified, or require a new scheme to be made and submitted to him by the Board.

(2) Where the Minister requires under this section a new scheme to be made and submitted to him by the Board it shall be the duty of the Board to make with all convenient speed a new scheme accordingly and to submit such new scheme to the Minister for his approval and the provisions of this Act shall have effect as if such new scheme were the first scheme made and submitted by the Board under this section.

(3) In this Act the expression “the scheme” means the scheme approved by the Minister under this section.

Modification of the scheme after approval.

27. —At any time after the scheme has been approved by the Minister, the Minister may by order modify the scheme in such manner (whether by addition, omission or variation) as he shall think proper, and, from and after the making of an order under this section modifying the scheme, the scheme shall have effect as if it had been so modified at the time of its approval by the Minister.

Erection and equipment of the new hospital.

28. —(1) After the scheme has been approved by the Minister the Board shall proceed to erect and equip, with all convenient speed, a hospital (in this Act referred to as the new hospital) to be called Ospidéal Lorcáin Naomhtha, or, in the English language, Saint Laurence's Hospital.

(2) In the erection and equipment of the new hospital the Board shall comply with the provisions of the scheme.

Expenses of scheme and of erection, etc., of new hospital.

29. —(1) The Board shall out of the property transferred to it by section 35 (which relates to transfer of property of existing governing body) of this Act appropriate a sum equal to the following, namely, the amount of any moneys paid to the existing governing body under the Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 to 1932, together with any accumulation on such moneys, less any part thereof actually expended by the existing governing body before the date of the passing of this Act, and the sum so appropriated shall be applied by the Board towards defraying expenses incurred by the Board in the preparation of the scheme and in the erection and equipment of the new hospital and for no other purpose.

(2) The Minister shall, under section 25 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933), make from time to time to the Board, out of the Hospitals Trust Fund, grants of a total amount equal to the amount of any expenses which have, in the opinion of the Minister, been reasonably incurred by the Board in the preparation of the scheme and in the erection and equipment of the new hospital in accordance with the scheme, after deducting the sum appropriated under sub-section (1) of this section.

Management and control of the new hospital.

30. —The new hospital shall be controlled and managed by the Board, and the Board shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, do all such things as may be necessary for that purpose.

Extensions, etc, of the new hospital.

31. —The Board may, with the consent of the Minister, extend, alter, enlarge or otherwise improve the new hospital.

General powers in relation to management.

32. —(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Board may, in relation to the new hospital, do all such things as the governing body of a hospital are usually authorised to do in relation to a hospital controlled by such governing body.

(2) The Board may, without prejudice to the generality of any other powers conferred on it by this Act, do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) in any case where the relatives of a patient dying in the new hospital are not known, or by reason of their absence or poverty or otherwise, are unable to provide for the burial of such deceased patient, defray all necessary and proper expenses incurred in the burial of such deceased patient;

(b) disinfect the clothing and effects of patients and in respect of any damage caused thereby pay or make compensation;

(c) where clothing is necessary for the proper treatment or protection of a patient and such patient is unable by reason of poverty to provide such clothing, provide such clothing.