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Uimhir 30 de 1990
ACHT NA nOSPIDÉAL POIBLÍ (LEASÚ), 1990
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Uimhir 30 de 1990
ACHT NA nOSPIDÉAL POIBLÍ (LEASÚ), 1990
[An tiontú oifigiúil]
ACHT DO DHÉANAMH SOCRÚ I dTAOBH DIÚSCAIRT AIRGID ARNA THAISCEADH IN AON BHANC I LEITH DUAISEANNA A CHUIRTEAR AR FÁIL CHUN CRÍOCHA AGUS DE RÉIR NA nACHTANNA UM OISPID-ÉIL PHUIBLÍ DHÉIRCIÚLA, 1930 GO 1932, NÓ ACHT-ANNA NA nOSPIDÉAL POIBLÍ, 1933 GO 1976, ACH NACH bhFUIL ÍOCTHA AGUS I dTAOBH DIÚSCAIRT ÚIS A BHAINEANN LE hAIRGEAD ARNA THAISCEADH AMHLAIDH I LEITH DUAISEANNA A bhFUIL SOL-ÁTHAR DÉANTA DÓIBH AMHLAIDH, DO DHÉANAMH SOCRÚ I dTAOBH AON ÉILEAMH LÁITHREACH NÓ IARMHARTACH AR DHUAISEANNA A bhFUIL SOL-ÁTHAR DÉANTA DÓIBH AMHLAIDH, DO DHÉANAMH SOCRÚ CHUN ACHTANNA NA nOSPIDÉAL POIBLÍ, 1933 GO 1976, A AISGHAIRM AGUS DO DHÉANAMH SOC-RUITHE EILE I nDÁIL LEIS NA NITHE RÉAMHRÁITE.
[11 Nollaig, 1990]
ACHTAÍTEAR AG AN OIREACHTAS MAR A LEANAS:
Léiriú.
1.—(1) San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1930” an tAcht um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1930;
ciallaíonn “an tAire” an tAire Sláinte;
ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933;
tá le “scuabgheall” an bhrí a shanntar dó le halt 1 den Phríomh-Acht nó le halt 1 d'Acht 1930, de réir mar is iomchuí sna himthosca;
tá le “coiste scuabghill” an bhrí a fhoráiltear dó le halt 5 (1) den Phríomh-Acht nó, más iomchuí sna himthosca, ciallaíonn sé coiste arna cheapadh faoi alt 2 d'Acht 1930;
ciallaíonn “duaischistí scuabghill” comhiomlán an airgid atá—
(a) in ionannas an airgid a thaisc coiste scuabghill in aon bhanc i gcuntas in ainmneacha na n-iontaobhaithe scuabghill lena mbaineann i leith duaiseanna a soláthraíodh chun críocha agus de réir na nAchtanna um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla, 1930 go 1932, nó Achtanna na nOspidéal Poiblí, 1933 go 1976, ach nach bhfuil íoctha toisc nár éilíodh iad nó, i gcás gur éilíodh, nach ndearnadh bailíochtú cuí orthu, agus
(b) in ionannas an úis a bhaineann leis an airgead a taisceadh amhlaidh i leith duaiseanna dá bhfuil soláthar déanta amhlaidh;
ciallaíonn “iontaobhaithe scuabghill” iontaobhaithe a cheaptar faoi scéim lena mbaineann alt 6 den Phríomh-Acht nó alt 2 d'Acht 1930, de réir mar is iomchuí sna himthosca, agus ar ina n-ainmneacha a shealbhaítear aon duaischistí scuabghill.
(2) San Acht seo is tagairt d'alt san Acht seo aon tagairt d'alt mura léirítear gur tagairt d'achtachán éigin eile atá beartaithe agus aon tagairt d'fho-alt is tagairt í don fho-alt den alt ina bhfuil an tagairt mura léirítear gur tagairt d'fhoráil éigin eile atá beartaithe.
Duaischistí scuabghill a dhílsiú don Aire.
2.—(1) Na duaischistí scuabghill go léir a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme an ailt seo, dílsithe d'iontaobhaithe scuabghill agus na cearta, na cumhachtaí agus na pribhléidí go léir a bhaineann nó a ghabhann le haon chistí den sórt sin, tiocfaidh siad, ar an tosach feidhme sin, gan aon sannadh ach faoi réir a n-aistrithe i gcás ar gá sin i leabhair aon bhainc, chun bheith agus beidh siad dílsithe don Aire.
(2) Aon duaischistí scuabghill a bhí dílsithe don Aire de bhua an ailt seo agus a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme an ailt seo, i leabhair aon bhainc in ainm iontaobhaithe scuabghill, déanfaidh an banc, ar an Aire á iarraidh sin aon tráth ar dháta an tosach feidhme sin nó dá éis, iad a aistriú sna leabhair sin chun ainm an Aire.
(3) Ní hioncam de chuid an Stáit duaischistí scuabghill a dhílseofar don Aire de bhua an ailt seo.
Duaischistí scuabghill a dhiúscairt.
3.—Déanfaidh an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, na duaischistí scuabghill neamhdháilte a dhiúscairt i leith cibé seirbhís ag iarfhostaithe den chuideachta, a corpraíodh an 6ú lá de Bhealtaine, 1940, mar Iontaobhas na nOspidéal (1940) Teoranta, a chinnfidh sé.
Dliteanais i leith duaischistí scuabghill.
4.—(1) Más rud é, díreach roimh thosach feidhme an ailt seo, go raibh aon imeachtaí dlíthiúla ar feitheamh a raibh iontaobhaithe scuabghill mar pháirtí iontu, déanfar, a mhéid a bhaineann na himeachtaí le haon duaischistí scuabghill, an tAire a chur in ionad na n-iontaobhaithe sin mar pháirtí sna himeachtaí sin agus más gá déanfar ainm an Aire a chur in ionad ainm na n-iontaobhaithe sin agus ní rachaidh na himeachtaí ar ceal mar gheall ar aon chur-in-ionad den sórt sin.
(2) Déanfar na dliteanais go léir a thabhaigh iontaobhaithe scuabghill go cuí roimh thosach feidhme an ailt seo, a mhéid a bhaineann na dliteanais sin le haon duaischistí scuabghill, a aistriú, faoi réir alt 7, chuig an Aire ar an tosach feidhme sin agus, dá réir sin, ní thionscnófar aon imeachtaí dlíthiúla tráth ar bith dá éis sin in aghaidh na n-iontaobhaithe ná a n-ionadaithe pearsanta tar éis an tosach feidhme sin i leith aon duaischistí scuabghill a aistríodh faoi alt 2.
Cuntais, etc.
5.—(1) A luaithe is féidir tar éis na duaischistí scuabghill neamhdháilte a dhiúscairt, cuirfidh an tAire faoi deara cuntas ar an airgead go léir a aistríodh chuige faoi alt 2 agus a bheidh diúscartha aige faoi alt 3, a ullmhú i bhfoirm a bheidh ceadaithe ag an Aire Airgeadais.
(2) Déanfaidh an tAire an cuntas a chuirtear faoi deara a ullmhú faoi fho-alt (1) a chur faoi bhráid an Ard-Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste lena iniúchadh.
(3) Cuirfidh an tAire faoi deara, a luaithe is féidir, cóipeanna den chuntas a bheidh iniúchta de réir fho-alt (2) a chur faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas.
Easnamh i nduaischistí scuabghill, etc.
6.—Más rud é—
(a) in aon imeachtaí dlíthiúla lena mbaineann an tAcht seo, go dtiocfaidh an tAire chun bheith faoi dhliteanas, cibé acu de bhua na himeachtaí sin a bheith socraithe nó ar shlí eile, chun suim airgid a íoc le haon duine, nó
(b) go mbeidh an tAire deimhin de gur chóir éileamh a bheidh déanta ag duine i leith na nduaischistí scuabghill a lamháil go hiomlán nó go páirteach,
agus go mbeidh, de dhroim diúscartha de bhua alt 3 den Acht seo, easnamh sna duaischistí scuabghill, nó nach mbeidh aon chistí ann, chun an duine i gceist a íoc, ansin déanfaidh an tAire Airgeadais cibé suim is gá chun a chumasú don Aire an méid a bheidh dlite a íoc leis an duine i gceist, a airleacan don Aire as an bPríomh-Chiste nó as a thoradh fáis.
Teorainn le himeachtaí agus le héilimh.
7.—(1) Faoi réir fho-alt (3), ní thionscnófar aon imeachtaí dlíthiúla in aghaidh an Aire de bhua alt 4 (2) tar éis tréimhse 4 bliana a bheith imithe i léig ó thosach feidhme an ailt seo.
(2) Faoi réir fho-alt (3), ní dhéanfaidh aon duine aon éileamh in aghaidh an Aire tar éis tréimhse 4 bliana a bheith imithe i léig ó thosach feidhme an ailt seo i ndáil le duaiseanna a chuirtear ar fáil chun críocha agus de réir na nAchtanna um Oispidéil Phuiblí Dhéirciúla, 1930 go 1932, nó Achtanna na nOspidéal Poiblí, 1933 go 1976.
(3) Más rud é, ar thosach feidhme an ailt seo, go mbeidh aon duine faoi mhíchumas dlíthiúil, ansin, déanfar fo-ailt (1) agus (2) a fhorléiriú maidir leis an duine sin amhail is dá mba é a bhí i ngach tagairt sna fo-ailt sin do dhul i léig na tréimhse 4 bliana tar éis an tosach feidhme sin tagairt do dhul i léig na tréimhse sin nó na tréimhse 12 mhí tar éis don duine sin scor de bheith faoin míchumas dlíthiúil, cibé teagmhas acu is deireanaí a tharlaíonn.
Suimeanna áirithe a íoc leis an Aire.
8.—Aon suim a bheidh le híoc le Ciste Iontaobhas na nOspidéal tar éis aisghairm a dhéanamh, de bhua alt 10, ar na forálacha a bhaineann leis an gCiste sin, íocfar í isteach sa Státchiste nó cuirfear chun sochair don Státchiste í i cibé slí a ordóidh an tAire Airgeadais.
Caiteachais.
9.—Déanfar na caiteachais a thabhóidh an tAire ag riaradh an Achta seo a íoc, a mhéid a cheadóidh an tAire Airgeadais, as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas.
Aisghairm.
10.—Aisghairtear leis seo na hAchtanna seo a leanas:
Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus tosach feidhme.
11.—(1) Féadfar Acht na nOspidéal Poiblí (Leasú), 1990, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna na nOspidéal Poiblí, 1933 go 1990, a ghairm d'Achtanna na nOspidéal Poiblí, 1933 go 1976, agus den Acht seo le chéile.
(3) Tiocfaidh an tAcht seo i ngníomh cibé lá nó laethanta a cheapfaidh an tAire, tar éis dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Airgeadais agus leis an Aire Dlí agus Cirt, le hordú nó le horduithe chuige sin, go ginearálta nó faoi threoir aon chríche nó forála áirithe agus féadfar laethanta éagsúla a shocrú chun críocha éagsúla agus le haghaidh forálacha éagsúla.
Number 30 of 1990
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Acts Referred to | |
Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1930 | 1930, No. 12 |
Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 to 1932 | |
Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1976 | |
1933, No. 18 | |
1938, No. 21 | |
1940, No. 9 | |
1976, No. 17 | |
Number 30 of 1990
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990
Interpretation.
1.—(1) In this Act—
“the Act of 1930” means the Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1930;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health;
“the Principal Act” means the Public Hospitals Act, 1933;
“sweepstake” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Principal Act or section 1 of the Act of 1930, as is appropriate in the circumstances;
“sweepstake committee” has the meaning provided for it in section 5 (1) of the Principal Act or, where appropriate in the circumstances, means a committee appointed under section 2 of the Act of 1930;
“sweepstake prize funds” means the aggregate of moneys representing—
(a) moneys lodged in any bank by a sweepstake committee in an account in the names of the sweepstake trustees concerned in respect of prizes provided for the purposes of and in accordance with the Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 to 1932, or the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1976, but which have not been paid out as a result of being unclaimed or, where claimed, have not been duly validated, and
(b) the interest relating to moneys so lodged in respect of prizes so provided for;
“sweepstake trustees” means trustees appointed under a scheme to which section 6 of the Principal Act or section 2 of the Act of 1930 relates, as is appropriate in the circumstances, and in whose names any sweepstake prize funds are held.
(2) In this Act a reference to a section is to a section of this Act unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended and a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the section in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended.
Vesting of sweepstake prize funds in Minister.
2.—(1) All sweepstake prize funds which immediately before the commencement of this section were vested in sweepstake trustees and all rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with any such funds, shall, on such commencement, without any assignment but subject where necessary to transfer in the books of any bank become and be vested in the Minister.
(2) Sweepstake prize funds vested in the Minister by virtue of this section which immediately before the commencement of this section were standing in the books of any bank in the name of sweepstake trustees shall, upon the request of the Minister made at any time on or after such commencement, be transferred in those books by the bank into the name of the Minister.
(3) Sweepstake prize funds vested in the Minister by virtue of this section shall not be revenues of the State.
Disposal of sweepstake prize funds.
3.—The Minister shall, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, dispose of the undistributed sweepstake prize funds in respect of such service by former employees of the company which was incorporated on the 6th day of May, 1940, as the Hospitals Trust (1940) Limited, as he shall determine.
Liabilities in respect of sweepstake prize funds.
4.—(1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, any legal proceedings were pending to which sweepstake trustees were a party, in so far as the proceedings relate to any sweepstake prize funds, the Minister shall be substituted for those trustees as a party thereto and if necessary the name of the Minister shall be substituted for that of those trustees and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of any such substitution.
(2) All liabilities duly incurred before the commencement of this section by sweepstake trustees, in so far as those liabilities relate to any sweepstake prize funds, shall, subject to section 7, be transferred to the Minister on such commencement and, accordingly, no legal proceedings shall be brought at any time thereafter against the trustees or their personal representatives after such commencement in respect of any sweepstake prize funds transferred under section 2.
Accounts, etc.
5.—(1) As soon as may be after disposal of the undistributed sweepstake prize funds, the Minister shall cause to be prepared, in a form approved of by the Minister for Finance, an account of all moneys transferred to him under section 2 and disposed of by him under section 3.
(2) The account caused to be prepared under subsection (1) shall be submitted by the Minister to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit.
(3) The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be copies of the account audited in accordance with subsection (2).
Deficiency in sweepstake prize funds, etc.
6.—Where—
(a) in any legal proceedings to which this Act relates, the Minister becomes liable, whether by virtue of those proceedings being settled or otherwise, to pay to any person a sum of money, or
(b) the Minister is satisfied that a claim made by a person in respect of the sweepstake prize funds should be allowed in whole or in part,
and, in consequence of disposal by virtue of section 3 of this Act, there is a deficiency of funds in the sweepstake prize funds, or there are no funds, to pay the person concerned, then the Minister for Finance shall advance to the Minister out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof, such sum as is necessary to enable the Minister to pay the person concerned the amount due.
Limitation of proceedings and claims.
7.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), no legal proceedings shall be brought against the Minister by virtue of section 4 (2) after the expiration of the period of 4 years from the commencement of this section.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no claim shall be made by any person against the Minister after the expiration of the period of 4 years from the commencement of this section in respect of prizes provided for the purposes of and in accordance with the Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 to 1932, or the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1976.
(3) Where at the commencement of this section any person is under a legal disability, then in respect of that person subsections (1) and (2) shall be construed as if each reference therein to the expiration of the period of 4 years after such commencement were a reference to the expiration of that period or the period of 12 months after that person ceases to be under the legal disability, whichever event occurs last.
Payments of certain sums to Minister.
8.—Any sum falling to be paid to the Hospitals Trust Fund after the repeal, by virtue of section 10, of the provisions concerning that Fund shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.
Expenses.
9.—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.
Repeals.
10.—The following Acts are hereby repealed:
(a) the Public Hospitals Act, 1933;
Short title, collective citation and commencement.
11.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1990.
(2) The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1976 and this Act may be cited together as the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1990.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Justice, by order or orders appoints therefor either generally or by reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be fixed for different purposes and different provisions.