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Uimhir 15 de 1939.
ACHT NA nOISPIDÉAL PUIBLÍ (LEASÚ), 1939.
[14adh Iúl, 1939.]
Mínithe.
1.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an Príomh-Acht” Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 (Uimh. 18 de 1933);
cialluíonn an abairt “an Bord” Bord Iontaobhais na nOispidéal;
cialluíonn an focal “scuab-gheall” scuab-gheall ar n-a chur ar siúl fén bPríomh-Acht.
(2) Léireofar Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 agus 1938, agus an tAcht so le chéile, agus dá réir sin gach focal agus abairt dá dtugtar brí áirithe le ceachtar Acht acu san no ann chun crícheanna na nAchtanna san tá leis san Acht so an bhrí tugtar dó amhlaidh.
An Cúl-Chiste.
2.—(1) D'ainneoin éinní atá in alt 23 den Phríomh-Acht beidh an t-airgead uile a híocfar leis an mBord fén Acht so ina chiste ar leithligh ar a dtabharfar, agus dá ngairmtear san Acht so, an Cúl-Chiste, agus ní bheidh sé ina chuid de Chiste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal.
(2) Déanfaidh an Bord an méid sin de chaipital an Chúl-Chiste ná beidh ag teastáil de thurus na huaire chun an Bhúird do dhéanamh íocaíochtaí do bhun an Achta so do shuncáil agus do choimeád suncálta in urrúis a bheidh údaruithe le dlí chun cistí iontaobhais do shuncáil ionta no bheidh údaruithe fé alt 23 den Phríomh-Acht chun Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal do shuncáil ionta.
(3) Féadfaidh an Bord o am go ham suncáil no aon chuid de shuncáil an Chúl-Chiste d'atharú.
(4) An t-ús, na díbhinní, agus an t-ioncum uile agus na suimeanna uile i bhfuirm bonuis do gheobhaidh an Bord as na hurrúis ina mbeidh an Cúl-Chiste suncálta, cuirfear le caipital an chiste sin iad agus beid ina gcuid de an túisce gheobhaidh an Bord iad.
(5) Pé uair is gá don Bhord do réir an Achta so íocaíocht ar bith do dhéanamh as an gCúl-Chiste agus ná beidh aon airgead neashuncálta sa chiste sin an uair sin no gur lugha an t-airgead neashuncálta san (más ann dó) ná méid na híocaíochta san, díolfaidh an Bord no malartóid ar airgead ar shlí eile an méid sin de sna hurrúis ina mbeidh an ciste sin suncálta an uair sin is gá, i dteanta an airgid nea-shuncálta san (más ann dó), chun an méid a bheidh ag teastáil le haghaidh na híocaíochta san do dhéanamh suas.
Iocaíochtaí do dhéanamh as an gCúl-Chiste le Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal.
3.—Cuirfidh an Bord fé ndeár gach 1adh lá d'Eanar no fé cheann ceithre lá déag ina dhiaidh sin an méid caipitail a bhí sa Chúl-Chiste an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag díreach roimhe sin do mheas agus, má gheibhtear amach le linn an mheasta san do dhéanamh gur mó méid an chaipitail sin ná dhá chéad agus caoga míle punt, déanfaidh an Bord suim is có-mhéid leis an mbreis a gheobhfar amhlaidh a bheith ag méid an chaipitail sin ar dhá chéad agus caoga míle punt d'aistriú ón gCúl-Chiste go dtí Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal.
Iocaíochtaí do dhéanamh leis an mBord as airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol.
4.—(1) Íocfar leis an mBord, as an airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol sa chéad scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl tar éis an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1940, suim is có-mhéid le ceathair per cent. den airgead san.
(2) Más lugha caipital an Chúl-Chiste ná dhá chéad agus caoga míle punt an lá no an ceann deireannach de sna laetheanta déanfar an crannchur duaiseanna in aon scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl tráth ar bith tar éis an scuab-ghill a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, íocfar leis an mBord as an airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san pé suim acu so leanas is lugha, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an tsuim a bheidh an Cúl-Chiste fé bhun dhá chéad agus caoga míle punt an lá no an ceann deireannach de sna laetheanta a déanfar an crannchur duaiseanna sa scuabgheall san, no
(b) suim is có-mhéid le ceathair per cent. den airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san.
(3) Beidh feidhm agus éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir leis an airgead is iníoctha alos aon scuab-ghill leis an mBord fé pé fo-alt acu san roimhe seo den alt so bhainfidh leis an gcás, sé sin le rá:—
(a) beidh an t-airgead san iníoctha leis an mBord i dtánaiste d'íoc no do sholáthar do dhéanamh i gcóir na nduaiseanna do bhéarfar amach sa scuab-gheall san agus na gcostaisí fé n-a raghfar ag cur an scuab-ghill sin ar siúl, sa mhéid go mbeidh na costaisí sin iníoctha go dleathach as an airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol sa scuabgheall san;
(b) ní háirmheofar an t-airgead san is iníoctha leis an mBord nuair a beifear á dhéanamh amach cadé an cion den airgead do gheobhfar as ticéadaí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san ar a mbeidh an diúité stampa forchuirtear le halt 50 den Acht Airgid, 1932 (Uimh. 20 de 1932), mar do bheirtear feidhm dó le halt 41 den Acht Airgid, 1933 (Uimh. 15 de 1933), inéilithe alos an scuab-ghill sin.
An Bord do dhéanamh íocaíochtaí le coistí scuab-ghill.
5.—(1) Pé uair is deimhin leis an Aire, i dtaobh scuab-ghill ina ndéanfar an crannchur duaiseanna tar éis an Achta so do rith, gur mó, toisc práinn nárbh fhéidir do réir réasúin don choiste scuab-ghill a bheidh ag bainistí an scuab-ghill sin coinne do bheith acu léi agus nach práinn a tháinig ar fad no go leathrannach d'aon ghníomh no faillí i bpáirt an choiste scuab-ghill sin, na costaisí fé n-a ndeachaidh an coiste scuab-ghill sin ag cur an scuab-ghill sin ar siúl ná an méid iomlán is ion-úsáidthe go dleathach, as an airgead do fuarthas as ticéadaí do dhíol sa scuab-gheall san, chun na gcostaisí sin d'íoc, féadfaidh an tAire a ordú don Bhord an tsuim sin d'íoc leis an gcoiste scuab-ghill sin is gá chun an mhéide d'íoc a bheidh de bhreis ag na costaisí sin ar an méid iomlán san is ionúsáidthe go dleathach amhlaidh chun a n-íoctha.
(2) Pé uair a ordóidh an tAire don Bhord, fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, aon íocaíocht den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san d'íoc le coiste scuab-ghill, déanfaidh an Bord, d'ainneoin éinní atá sa Phríomh-Acht, an íocaíocht ordóidh an tAire amhlaidh d'íoc leis an gcoiste scuab-ghill sin.
(3) Gach íocaíocht is gá don Bhord, do réir an fho-ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, d'íoc le coiste scuab-ghill déanfar—
(a) más leis an gcoiste scuab-ghill a bheidh ag bainistí scuabghill ar n-a chur ar siúl an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1940, no roimhe sin, is gá amhlaidh an íocaíocht san d'íoc, í d'íoc as Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal, agus
(b) in aon chás eile, í d'íoc as an gCúl-Chiste sa mhéid gur leor an Ciste sin agus, sa mhéid (más aon mhéid é) nach leor an Cúl-Chiste, as Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal.
An méid caipitail sa Chúl-Chiste d'áireamh.
6.—Chun a mheas chun aon chríche de chrícheanna an Achta so cad is méid do chaipital an Chúl-Chiste aon lá áirithe, déanfar luach na n-urrús ina mbeidh an Cúl-Chiste suncálta an lá san d'áireamh do réir na rialacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) déanfar luach gach urrúis den tsórt san go mbeidh luadh Búrsa no margaidh ina thaobh i mBaile Atha Cliath d'áireamh do réir an luaidhte sin an lá san, agus
(b) déanfar luach gach urrúis eile den tsórt san d'áireamh do réir a ainm-luacha no do réir an phraghais d'íoc an Bord air, pe'ca aca san is lugha.
Gearr-theideal agus có-luadh.
7.—(1) Féadfar Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí (Leasú), 1939, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 go 1939, do ghairm d'Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 agus 1938, agus den Acht so le chéile.
Number 15 of 1939.
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Payments to the Board out of moneys received from the sale of tickets. | |
Acts Referred to | |
No. 18 of 1933 | |
No. 20 of 1932 | |
No. 15 of 1933 | |
Number 15 of 1939.
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939.
Definitions.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933);
the expression “the Board” means the Hospitals Trust Board;
the word “sweepstake” means a sweepstake held under the Principal Act.
(2) The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 and 1938, and this Act shall be construed together and, accordingly, every word and expression to which a particular meaning is given by or in either of those Acts for the purposes of those Acts has, in this Act, the meaning so given to it.
The Reserve Fund.
2.—(1) All moneys paid to the Board under this Act shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 23 of the Principal Act, form a separate fund, to be known and in this Act referred to as the Reserve Fund, and shall not be part of the Hospitals Trust Fund.
(2) So much of the capital of the Reserve Fund as is for the time being not required for making payments by the Board in pursuance of this Act shall be invested and kept invested by the Board in securities authorised by law for the investment of trust funds or authorised under section 23 of the Principal Act for the investment of the Hospitals Trust Fund.
(3) The Board may from time to time vary the investment or any part of the investment of the Reserve Fund.
(4) All interest, dividends, and income and all sums in the nature of bonus received by the Board on the securities in which the Reserve Fund is invested shall be added to and form part of the capital of the said fund immediately upon receipt thereof by the Board.
(5) Whenever any payment is required by this Act to be made by the Board out of the Reserve Fund and there is no uninvested money then in that fund or such uninvested money (if any) is less than the amount of such payment, the Board shall sell or otherwise convert into money so much of the securities in which the said fund is then invested as shall, with the said uninvested money (if any), be necessary to produce the amount required for such payment.
Payments from the Reserve Fund to the Hospitals Trust Fund.
3.—On or within fourteen days after every 1st day of January the Board shall cause the amount of the capital of the Reserve Fund on the next preceding 31st day of December to be estimated and, if on such estimation the amount of the said capital is found to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, the Board shall transfer from the Reserve Fund to the Hospitals Trust Fund a sum equal to the amount by which the amount of the said capital is so found to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
Payments to the Board out of moneys received from the sale of tickets.
4.—(1) There shall be paid to the Board, out of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in the first sweepstake held after the 1st day of January, 1940, a sum equal to four per cent. of those moneys.
(2) If, on the day or the last of the days on which the drawing of prizes takes place in any sweepstake held at any time after the sweepstake mentioned in the next preceding sub-section of this section, the capital of the Reserve Fund is less than two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, there shall be paid to the Board out of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake whichever of the following sums is the lesser, that is to say:—
(a) the sum by which the Reserve Fund falls short of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds on the day or the last of the days on which the drawing of prizes in such sweepstake takes place, or
(b) a sum equal to four per cent. of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake.
(3) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to the moneys payable in respect of any sweepstake to the Board under whichever of the foregoing sub-sections of this section is applicable, that is to say:—
(a) the said moneys shall be payable to the Board in priority next after paying or providing for the prizes distributed in such sweepstake and the expenses of holding such sweepstake, so far as such expenses are lawfully payable out of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake;
(b) the said moneys payable to the Board shall not be taken into account in computing the portion of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake on which the stamp duty imposed by section 50 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932), as applied by section 41 of the Finance Act, 1933 (No. 15 of 1933), is chargeable in respect of such sweepstake.
Payments by the Board to sweepstake committees.
5.—(1) Whenever the Minister is satisfied, in respect of a sweepstake in which the drawing of prizes takes place after the passing of this Act, that, owing to an emergency which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the sweepstake committee managing such sweepstake and which was not occasioned or contributed to by any act or default of such sweepstake committee, the expenses incurred by such sweepstake committee in holding such sweepstake exceed the total amount lawfully applicable, out of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake, for the payment of such expenses, the Minister may direct the Board to pay to such sweepstake committee such sum as may be necessary to discharge the amount by which the said expenses exceed the said total amount so lawfully applicable for the payment thereof.
(2) Whenever the Minister directs, under the next preceding sub-section of this section, the Board to make to a sweepstake committee any such payment as is mentioned in that sub-section, the Board shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, make to the said sweepstake committee the payment so directed by the Minister.
(3) Every payment required by the next preceding sub-section of this section to be made by the Board to a sweepstake committee shall—
(a) if such payment is so required to be made to the sweepstake committee managing a sweepstake held on or before the 1st day of January, 1940, be made out of the Hospitals Trust Fund, and
(b) in any other case, be made out of the Reserve Fund so far as that Fund is sufficient and, so far (if at all) as the Reserve Fund is insufficient, out of the Hospitals Trust Fund.
Calculation of amount of capital of Reserve Fund.
6.—For the purpose of estimating for any of the purposes of this Act the amount of the capital of the Reserve Fund on any day, the securities in which the Reserve Fund is invested on that day shall be valued in accordance with the following rules, that is to say:—
(a) every such security in respect of which there is a Stock Exchange or market quotation in Dublin shall be valued at that quotation on the said day, and
(b) every other such security shall be valued at its nominal value or at the price paid for it by the Board, whichever is the lesser.
Short title and collective citation.
7.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1939.
(2) The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 and 1938, and this Act may be cited together as the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1939.