Air-Raid Precautions (Amendment) Act, 1946
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Provision of airraid precautions by hospitals. |
7.—(1) In this section— | |
the expression “hospital to which this section applies” means any hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933), which is situate in, or not more than one statute mile from, a county borough or a scheduled urban area; | ||
the expression “controlling authority” means, in relation to a hospital to which this section applies, the local authority, board, committee or joint committee, or other body having the control and management of the hospital. | ||
(2) Where the controlling authority of a hospital to which this section applies incurs expenditure in making provision for the protection of the hospital, its patients, or its staff from damage or injury in the event of attack from the air or for the minimising of such damage or injury, such expenditure may be recouped, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to such extent (not exceeding one-third of such expenditure) as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine. | ||
(3) (a) Where a recoupment is made under subsection (2) of this section in respect of expenditure incurred by the controlling authority of a hospital to which this section applies, the scheme-making local authority within whose functional area the hospital is situate shall contribute towards such expenditure an amount equal to the amount of the recoupment. | ||
(b) Subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 34 of the Principal Act shall apply to expenses incurred under this subsection in like manner as the said subsections apply to expenses incurred under Part II of the Principal Act. | ||
(4) No grant shall be made under section 35 of the Principal Act in respect of any expenditure to which a contribution is made under subsection (2) of this section. |