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Uimhir 24 de 1931.
ACHT UM OISPIDÉIL PHUIBLÍ DHÉIRCIÚLA (LEASÚ), 1931.
An Príomh-Acht.
1.—(1) San Acht so cialluíonn an abairt “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1930 (Uimh. 12 de 1930).
(2) Gach abairt agus focal le n-a bhfuil brí áirithe do réir fo-ailt (1) d'alt 1 den Phríomh-Acht tá leo san Acht so na brigheanna atá leo fé seach amhlaidh.
An Príomh-Acht do chur i mbaint le hóispidéil áirithe.
2.—D'ainneoin éinní atá i bhfo-alt (2) d'alt 1 den Phríomh-Acht, bainfidh an tAcht san leis na hóispidéil seo leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(i) Oispidéal Muire Lourdes, The Cedars, Slí Bhaile an Róistigh, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Bhaile Atha Cliath;
(ii) Sanatorium Peamount, Coll-Choill, Co. Bhaile Atha Cliath;
(iii) Oispidéal Ríoga Victoria um Shúil agus Cluas, Bóthar Adelaide, Baile Atha Cliath;
(iv) Oispidéal Naomh Anna, Bóthar Northbrook, Ráth Maonas, Baile Atha Cliath;
(v) Oispidéal Naomh Muire fén Aer, Ceapach, Fionnghlas, Co. Bhaile Atha Cliath;
(vi) Oispidéal Naomh Seosamh i gcóir Páistí Ciothramacha, An Chúil, Co. na hIarmhidhe.
Coistí réitigh do cheapadh.
3.—(1) Nuair a cheadóidh an tAire scéim fén bPríomh-Acht, ceapfaidh an tAire láithreach coiste de thriúr ball (dá ngairmtear coiste réitigh san Acht so) chun crícheanna na scéime sin agus an scuab-ghill le n-a mbaineann sí, agus ainmneoidh duine de sna baill sin chun bheith ina chathaoirleach ar an gcoiste sin.
(2) Pé uair a thárlóidh folúntas imeasc ballra choiste réitigh tré bhall de d'éag no d'eirghe as ceapfaidh an tAire duine eile láithreach chun bheith ina bhall den choiste sin in ionad an bhaill de d'éag no d'eirigh as amhlaidh.
(3) Íocfar le gach ball de choiste réitigh (agus ball do ceapadh chun folúntais fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so d'áireamh) pé luach saothair pé tráth no tráthanna ordóidh an tAire Airgid.
(4) Isiad íocfaidh na costaisí fé n-a raghaidh coiste réitigh agus iad ag cólíonadh a bhfeidhmeanna fén Acht so maraon le luach saothair ball an choiste sin ná an coiste d'ullamhuigh agus do chuir isteach an scéim gur chun a crícheanna do ceapadh an coiste réitigh sin agus má cuirtear ar siúl an scuab-gheall le n-a mbaineann an scéim sin áirmheofar na costaisí agus an luach saothair sin mar chuid de sna costaisí do bhain leis an scuabgheall san do chur ar siúl.
Suim no luach na nduais do chur i dtaisce.
4.—(1) Má bhíonn suim no luach na nduais no cuid de sna duaiseanna i scuab-gheall ag brath ar mhéid an airgid do gheobhfar as ticéidí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san no más dá réir a háirmheofar san, déanfaidh coiste bainistí an scuab-ghill sin, d'ainneoin éinní atá in alt 4 den Phríomh-Acht, suim is có-ionann le suim no luach minimum urruithe na nduais sin do chur i dtaisce fén alt san 4 i dtosach bára agus suim na taisce sin do mhéadú o am go ham fé mar is gá d'fhonn an chéad fho-alt eile den alt so do chólíonadh.
(2) I gcás ar bith le n-a mbaineann an fo-alt san roimhe seo den alt so, ní bheidh suim na taisce lóisteálfar fé alt 4 den Phríomh-Acht níos lugha aon uair ná an tsuim dob ionann agus suim no luach iomlán na nduais a cuirfear ar chrannaibh sa scuabgheall no sa chrannchur gur mar gheall air a lóisteálfar an taisce sin amhlaidh dá ndeintí an tsuim no an luach san d'áireamh do réir mhéid an airgid a bheidh faighte cheana féin an uair sin as ticéidí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san.
An cion de shochar na scuab-gheall a bheidh ag na hóispidéil a bhunóidh iad.
5.—(1) San alt so agus sa chéad alt eile ina dhiaidh seo cialluíonn an abairt “an barrachas ionfhálta” a mbeidh fágtha, den airgead do gheobhfar as ticéidí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall gur ina thaobh a húsáidtear an abairt, tar éis na nduais a roinnfear amach sa scuab-gheall san, agus na gcostas a bhainfidh leis an scuab-gheall san do chur ar siúl, d'íoc no tar éis socrú ina gcóir.
(2) Ní bheidh an barrachas ionfhálta i scuabh-gheall ar bith a cuirfear ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht níos lugha ná fiche per cent. den airgead do gheobhfar as ticéidí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san.
(3) Más cólucht rialúcháin aon óispidéil amháin a chuirfidh ar siúl scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht, íocfar dhá dtrian an bharrachais ionfhálta sa scuab-gheall san leis an gcólucht rialúcháin sin.
(4) Más cóluchta rialúcháin dhá óispidéal no níos mó chuirfidh ar siúl scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déanfar dhá dtrian an bharrachais ionfhálta sa scuabgheall san do roinnt ar na cóluchta rialúcháin sin agus d'íoc leo no do roinnt ar agus d'íoc le pé ceann no cinn acu lasmuich den cheann no de sna cinn eile agus i pé cionúireachta ordóidh an tAire ag féachaint do riachtanas agus do chás na n-óispidéal san fé seach;
(b) ar a iarraidh sin ortha don Aire agus tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle le coiste bainistí an scuab-ghill sin, déanfaidh an coiste réitigh a ceapfar fén Acht so chun crícheanna an scuab-ghill sin cuntas do thabhairt don Aire ar na cionúireachta in ar cheart dhá dtrian san an bharrachais ionfhálta san do roinnt fén bhfo-alt so ar na cóluchta rialúcháin le n-a mbaineann agus na réasúin ar ar shocruíodar ar na cionúireachta san;
(c) chun an chuntais do thabhairt don Aire fén mír sin roimhe seo den alt so, féadfaidh an coiste réitigh sin cuaird do thabhairt ar áitreabhacha uile óispidéil ar bith acu san no ar aon áitreabh acu agus beidh teideal acu na háitreabhacha san agus a bhfeistisí agus a ngléas do scrúdú agus d'iniúchadh, agus beidh teideal acu freisin eolas iomlán d'iarraidh agus d'fháil ar bhainistí agus ar staid airgeadais aon óispidéil den tsórt san agus gach cuntas ar fháltas agus ar chaiteachas cólucht rialúcháin aon óispidéil den tsórt san agus fós gach ceann no aon cheann de sna leabhair agus de sna scríbhinní eile ina mbeidh cuntas ar bith ar an bhfáltas no ar an gcaiteachas san d'fheiscint agus do scrúdú;
(d) ní shocróidh an tAire na cionúireachta ina roinnfear an dá dtrian san go dtí go bhfuighidh cuntas an choiste réitigh sin ina dtaobh agus ag socrú na gcionúireacht san don Aire féachfaidh don chuntas san ach ní bheidh fé cheangal aige;
(e) sara socróidh an tAire na cionúireachta san raghaidh i gcomhairle leis an Aire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí ina dtaobh.
Cuid de shochar scuab-gheall do chaitheamh ar óispidéil fé dhlí na mbocht.
6.—(1) Íocfar leis an Aire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí trian den bharrachas ionfhálta i scuab-gheall ar bith a cuirfear ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht agus cuirfidh seisean é ar pé slí is oiriúnach leis chun no mar chabhair chun fundúireachtaí do chur ar fáil, d'fheabhsú, no do ghléasadh chun galra no díobhála cuirp no aigne daoine do chosc, d'aireachasú, no do leigheas.
(2) Beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas i gcás ina ndéanfaidh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí no ina mbeidh sé ar aigne aon airgead do chur fén alt so chun no mar chabhair chun fundúireachta bheidh á coimeád suas i bpáirt no go hiomlán ag údarás áitiúil do chur ar fáil, d'fheabhsú, no do ghléasadh, sé sin le rá:—
(a) féadfar é chur mar choinníoll ná déanfar an cur san mara gcólíonaidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin pé coinníollacha is dóich leis an Aire sin is ceart do chur ortha;
(b) an t-airgead a cuirfear amhlaidh is i dteanta agus ní hin ionad an airgid a chaithfidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin chun no mar chabhair chun na fundúireachta san do choimeád suas sa ghnáth-shlí a bheidh sé agus ní chuirfidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin san áireamh é nuair a bheid á shocrú cé méid a chaithfid amhlaidh.
Fo-alt (1) d'alt 7 den Phríomh-Acht do leasú.
7.—Leasuítear leis seo fo-alt (1) d'alt 7 den Phríomh-Acht tríd an mír seo leanas do chur ann in ionad míre (a) atá anois ann agus léireofar an t-alt san agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin, sé sin le rá:—
“(a) ráiteas sa chéill gur mar chabhair d'óispidéil i Saorstát Éireann atáthar ag cur an scuab-ghill sin ar siúl.”
An méid do fuarthas as ticéidí do dhíol d'áireamh.
8.—Bainfidh alt 9 den Phríomh-Acht le méid an airgid do fuarthas as ticéidí do dhíol i scuab-gheall d'áireamh chun críchcanna an Achta so.
Baint an Achta so.
9.—(1) Ní bheidh feidhm ná éifeacht ag an Acht so maidir le scéim ar bith do cheaduigh an tAire fén bPríomh-Acht roimh an 30adh lá d'Abrán, 1931, ná maidir le scuab-gheall ar bith do cuireadh ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht, pe'ca roimh an Acht so do rith é no dá éis sin, do réir scéime do ceaduíodh amhlaidh.
(2) Má cheaduigh an tAire scéim do scuab-gheall fén bPríomh-Acht tar éis an 30adh lá d'Abrán, 1931, agus roimh an Acht so do rith, beidh feidhm ag an Acht so maidir leis an scéim sin agus le haon scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl dá réir ach beidh san fé réir na bhforálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) féadfaidh an tAire, tar éis an Achta so do rith, a leithéid sin de scéim d'ath-scrúdú i pé slí is dóich leis is fearr ag féachaint d'fhorálacha an Achta so ar a n-áirmhítear an t-alt so;
(b) féadfaidh óispidéal ar bith le n-a gcuirtear an Príomh-Acht i mbaint tríd an Acht so páirt do thógaint sa scéim sin agus in aon scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl dá réir;
(c) ceapfar an coiste réitigh don scéim sin nuair a bheidh an scéim sin ath-scrúduithe amhlaidh ag an Aire.
Coda den Phríomh-Acht d'athghairm.
10.—Deintear leis seo na coda uile agus fé seach den Phríomh-Acht a luaidhtear sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'athghairm ach amháin sa mhéid go mbainid le scéimeanna agus le scuabghill go ndearbhuítear go soiléir leis an Acht so ná baineann an tAcht so leo.
Gearr-theideal, luadh, agus buaine.
11.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla (Leasú), 1931, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla, 1930 agus 1931, do ghairm den Phríomh-Acht agus den Acht so le chéile.
(3) Fanfaidh an tAcht so i bhfeidhm faid a leanfaidh an Príomh-Acht i bhfeidhm agus ní níos sia ná san.
SCEIDEAL.
Na Coda den Phriomh-Acht a hAthghairmtear.
1. Mír (g) d'fho-alt (4) d'alt 2.
2. Fo-alt (1) agus mír (c) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 5.
Number 24 of 1931.
PUBLIC CHARITABLE HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1931.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Application of portion of proceeds of sweepstakes to poor-law hospitals. | |
Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Principal Act. | |
Act Referred to | |
Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1930 | No. 12 of 1930 |
Number 24 of 1931.
PUBLIC CHARITABLE HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1931.
The Principal Act.
1.—(1) In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1930 (No. 12 of 1930).
(2) All expressions and words to which a particular meaning is given by sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Principal Act have in this Act the meanings so given to them respectively.
Extension of the Principal Act to certain hospitals.
2.—Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Principal Act, that Act shall extend and apply to the following hospitals, that is to say:—
(i) Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, The Cedars, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin;
(ii) Peamount Sanatorium, Hazelhatch, Co. Dublin;
(iii) Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin;
(iv) St. Anne's Hospital, Northbrook Road, Rathmines, Dublin;
(v) St. Mary's Open Air Hospital, Cappagh, Finglas, Co. Dublin;
(vi) St. Joseph's Orthopædic Hospital, Coole, Co. Westmeath.
Appointment of committees of reference.
3.—(1) When a scheme is sanctioned by the Minister under the Principal Act, the Minister shall forthwith appoint a committee consisting of three members (in this Act referred to as a committee of reference) for the purposes of such scheme and the sweepstake to which it relates, and shall nominate one of such members to be chairman of such committee.
(2) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of a committee of reference by the death or resignation of a member thereof, the Minister shall forthwith appoint another person to be a member of such committee in place of the member thereof so dying or resigning.
(3) Every member of a committee of reference (including a member appointed under the next foregoing sub-section of this section to fill a vacancy) shall be paid such remuneration at such time or times as the Minister for Finance shall direct.
(4) The expenses incurred by a committee of reference in the performance of its functions under this Act and the remuneration of the members of such committee shall be paid by the committee which, prepared and submitted the scheme for the purposes of which such committee of reference was appointed and, if the sweepstake to which such scheme relates is held, the said expenses and remuneration shall be reckoned as part of the expenses of holding such sweepstake.
Deposits of amount or value of prizes.
4.—(1) Where the amount or value of the prizes or of some of the prizes in a sweepstake is dependent on or to be calculated by reference to the amount of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake, the committee managing such sweepstake shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 of the Principal Act, deposit under the said section 4 in the first instance a sum equal to the guaranteed minimum amount or value of such prizes and increase the amount of such deposit from time to time as may be necessary in order to comply with the next following sub-section of this section.
(2) In any case to which the foregoing sub-section of this section applies, the amount of the deposit made under section 4 of the Principal Act shall not at any time be less than the sum which would be the total amount or value of the prizes to be drawn for in the sweepstake or at the drawing in relation to which such deposit is so made if such amount or value were calculated by reference to the amount of the moneys at that time already received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake.
Shares of promoting hospitals in proceeds of sweepstakes.
5.—(1) In this section and in the next following section the expression “the available surplus” means the balance of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in the sweepstake in relation to which the expression is used remaining after paying or providing for the prizes distributed in such sweepstake and the expenses incurred in holding such sweepstake.
(2) The available surplus in any sweepstake held under the Principal Act shall not be less than twenty per cent of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake.
(3) Where a sweepstake held under the Principal Act is so held by the governing body of one hospital only, two-thirds of the available surplus in such sweepstake shall be paid to such governing body.
(4) Where a sweepstake held under the Principal Act is so held by the governing bodies of two or more hospitals the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) two-thirds of the available surplus in such sweepstake shall be divided between and paid to such governing bodies or such one or more of them exclusive of the other or others and in such proportions as the Minister shall direct having regard to the needs and circumstances of such hospitals respectively;
(b) the committee of reference appointed under this Act for the purposes of such sweepstake shall, when requested by the Minister so to do and after consultation with the committee managing such sweepstake, report to the Minister as to the proportions in which the said two-thirds of such available surplus should be divided under this sub-section between the governing bodies concerned and the reasons for the adoption of such proportions;
(c) for the purpose of making the report to the Minister under the foregoing paragraph of this section, such committee of reference may visit all or any of the premises of any such hospitals and shall be entitled to inspect and examine such premises and the fittings and equipment thereof, and shall also be entitled to call for and be furnished with full information in relation to the management and the financial position of any such hospital and to see and examine all accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the governing body of any such hospital and also all or any books and other documents containing any record of such receipts or expenditure;
(d) the Minister shall not determine the proportion in which such two-thirds is to be divided until he has received the report of such committee of reference in relation thereto and in determining such proportions the Minister shall have regard to but shall not be bound by such report;
(e) before determining the said proportions, the Minister shall consult with the Minister for Local Government and Public Health in regard thereto.
Application of portion of proceeds of sweepstakes to poor-law hospitals.
6.—(1) One-third of the available surplus in any sweepstake held under the Principal Act shall be paid to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and shall be applied by him in such manner as he shall think fit in or towards the provision, improvement, or equipment of institutions for the prevention, treatment, or cure of physical or mental diseases or injuries of human beings.
(2) The following provisions shall have effect where the Minister for Local Government and Public Health applies or proposes to apply any money under this section in or towards the provision, improvement, or equipment of an institution which is wholly or partly maintained by a local authority, that is to say:—
(a) such application may be made conditional upon the fulfilment by such local authority of such conditions as the said Minister shall think proper to impose;
(b) the money so applied shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the moneys expended by such local authority for or towards the ordinary maintenance of such institution and shall not be taken into consideration by such local authority when determining the amount to be so expended by them.
Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Principal Act.
7.—Sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following paragraph in lieu of paragraph (a) now contained therein and the said section shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—
“(a) a statement to the effect that such sweepstake is being held in aid of hospitals in the Irish Free State.”
Calculation of amount received from the sale of tickets.
8.—Section 9 of the Principal Act shall apply to the calculation for the purposes of this Act of the amount of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in a sweepstake.
Application of this Act.
9.—(1) This Act shall not apply or have effect in relation to any scheme which has been sanctioned under the Principal Act by the Minister before the 30th day of April, 1931, or to any sweepstake held under the Principal Act, whether before or after the passing of this Act, in pursuance of a scheme so sanctioned.
(2) Where a scheme for a sweepstake has been sanctioned by the Minister under the Principal Act after the 30th day of April, 1931, and before the passing of this Act, this Act shall apply in relation to such scheme and any sweepstake held in pursuance thereof subject to the following provisions, that is to say:—
(a) the Minister may after the passing of this Act revise such a scheme in such manner as he may think desirable having regard to the provisions of this Act including this section;
(b) any hospital to which the Principal Act is applied by this Act may participate in such scheme and any sweepstake held in pursuance thereof;
(c) the committee of reference for such scheme shall be appointed when such scheme has been so revised by the Minister.
Repeal of portions of the Principal Act.
10.—The several portions of the Principal Act which are specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed save as respects schemes and sweepstakes to which it is expressly declared by this Act that this Act does not apply.
Short title, citation, and duration.
11.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Charitable Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1931.
(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 and 1931.
(3) This Act shall remain in force for so long as the Principal Act continues in force and no longer.
SCHEDULE.
Portions of the Principal Act Repealed.
1. Paragraph (g) of sub-section (4) of section 2.
2. Sub-section (1) and paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) of section 5.