Medical Practitioners Act, 1951
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“appointed day” means such day as the Minister may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for the purposes of different provisions of this Act or for the purposes of the application of any such provision to different classes of cases; | ||
“the British Act of 1950” means the Act of the British Parliament entitled the Medical Act, 1950; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Council; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927); | ||
“provisional registration” means registration by virtue of section 7 of this Act, and “provisionally registered” shall be construed accordingly. | ||
(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act. | ||
(3) An order appointing a day for the purposes of this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next twelve days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. |