Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902

Amendment of 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. s. 58 (2) (a) and (4) as to remuneration of medical practitioners, medicines, and sums raised in urban county districts to meet certain charges.

5.(1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section fifty-eight of the principal Act, and for no other purpose, any sum paid, with the sanction of the Local Government Board, by the guardians of a union during any financial year as remuneration to a medical practitioner, or a trained nurse temporarily employed to discharge the duties of a medical officer, or a trained nurse of a workhouse or dispensary, while he or she is absent on vacation, under the authority of any general regulation of the Local Government Board, made under the Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts, 1838 to 1900, shall be deemed to be part of the salary of that medical officer or trained nurse, and the Lord Lieutenant shall cause one half of the said sum to be paid out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account accordingly.

(2) The Lord Lieutenant shall cause to be paid out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account one half of the salary of any officer appointed by the Local Government Board for the purpose of assisting them in ascertaining whether the medicines and medical and. surgical appliances mentioned in subsection (2) of the said section fifty-eight are provided in accordance with the prescribed conditions.

(3) Subsection (4) of the said section fifty-eight shall apply in the case of an amount required to be raised in an urban county district by the council of that district, to meet a railway or harbour charge, in like manner as it applies in the case of an amount required to be raised in any area by a county council; and any sum payable by the Lord Lieutenant in pursuance of the said subsection, as amended by this enactment, shall be paid by him to the council of the urban district.