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21 1936

DUBLIN FEVER HOSPITAL ACT, 1936

PART I

Preliminary and General.

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Dublin Fever Hospital Act, 1936.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

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

the expression “the Act of 1925” means the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925);

the expression “the Act of 1927” means the Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927);

the expression “the Corporation” means the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin;

the expression “the city council” means the council established for the City of Dublin by the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 (No. 27 of 1930);

the expression “the hospital board” means the Dublin Fever Hospital Board established under this Act;

the expression “the board of health” means the Dublin Board of Public Health;

the expression “fever hospital” means a hospital for the treatment of patients suffering from infectious diseases;

the expression “convalescent home” means a home for the treatment of patients recovering from infectious diseases;

the expression “the body corporate” means the body incorporated by a charter granted on the 6th day of June, 1903, under the name of the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork Street, Dublin;

the expression “the existing committee” means the committee of management of the body corporate;

the expression “the existing hospital” means the fever hospital, the property of the body corporate, at Cork Street, Dublin;

the expression “the existing home” means the convalescent home, the property of the body corporate and known as the Beneavin Convalescent Home;

the expression “the new fever hospital” means the fever hospital to be established under Part III of this Act;

the expression “the appointed day” means the day appointed under this Act to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Act;

the word “remuneration” includes allowances and benefits (whether paid in money or given otherwise than in money) received by an officer in respect of his office;

the expression “election year” means a year commencing after the appointed day in which is held an election of all the members of the city council;

the word “land” includes any easement or right in to or over land or water;

the expression “local financial year” means a period of twelve months ending on the 31st day of March.

The appointed day.

3. —The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Act.

The Dublin Fever Hospital Board (Extraordinary Members) Electorate.

4. —(1) There shall be established, on the date (in this section referred to as the said date) appointed by the Minister under Part II of this Act for the holding of the first election of extraordinary members, a body (in this Act referred to as the extraordinarymembers electorate) to be known as the Dublin Fever Hospital Board (Extraordinary Members) Electorate to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The extraordinary members electorate shall consist of a number of members equal to the number of trustees of the body corporate on the said date.

(3) The first members of the extraordinary members electorate shall be the persons who are the trustees of the body corporate on the said date.

(4) The term of office of the first members of the extraordinary members electorate shall commence on the said date, and the term of office of every other member shall commence on the date of his election.

(5) Every person who is a member of the extraordinary members electorate shall hold office until his death or resignation whichever first happens.

(6) Whenever a member of the extraordinary members electorate dies or resigns, the extraordinary members electorate shall, within three months after his death or resignation, elect such person as they think fit to be a new member of the extraordinary members electorate in place of the member so dying or resigning, and if a new member is not so elected the Minister may nominate such person as he thinks fit to be a new member of the extraordinary members electorate, and the person so nominated shall be deemed to have been elected by the extraordinary members electorate.

(7) The extraordinary members electorate may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership.

(8) The extraordinary members electorate may regulate its own procedure.

(9) The extraordinary members electorate may appoint a person to act as its secretary.

(10) Any expenses incurred by the extraordinary members electorate under this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister, be paid by the hospital board and shall be deemed to be part of the establishment expenses.

Local inquiries.

5. —(1) The Minister may, before exercising or performing any power or duty conferred or imposed on him by this Act, cause a local inquiry to be held into the matter which is the subject of the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty.

(2) Sub-articles (1) and (3) of Article 32 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, shall apply in respect of every local inquiry held under this section.

Expenses of the Minister.

6. —All expenses incurred by the Minister under this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.