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14 1999

NATIONAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY ACT, 1999

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the National Disability Authority Short title. Act, 1999.

Interpretation generally.

2. —(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

“the Authority” means the National Disability Authority established under section 3 ;

“the Board” means the National Rehabilitation Board established by the National Rehabilitation Board (Establishment) Order, 1967 (S.I. No. 300 of 1967);

“the Director” means the person appointed under section 25 as the Director of the Authority;

“disability”, in relation to a person, means a substantial restriction in the capacity of a person to participate in economic, social or cultural life on account of an enduring physical, sensory, learning, mental health or emotional impairment;

“establishment day” means the day appointed by the Minister under section 3 to be the establishment day for the Authority for the purposes of this Act;

“functions” includes powers and duties, and reference to the performance of functions includes, as respects powers and duties, references to the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties;

“local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 ;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform;

“public body” means—

(a) a Department of State,

(b) a local authority,

(c) a health board established under section 4(1) of the Health Act, 1970 ,

(d) a board or other body established (but not including a company) by or under statute,

(e) a company in which all the shares are held by, or on behalf of, or by directors appointed by, a Minister of the Government, or

(f) a company in which all the shares are held by a board, company or other body referred to in paragraph (d) or (e).

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,

(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.

Establishment day.

3. — The Minister shall by order appoint a day to be the establishment day for the National Disability Authority for the purposes of this Act.

Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.

4. — Every order (other than an order made under section 3 ) and every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Expenses.

5. — The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.