Health Act, 1953
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District institutions and dispensaries. |
7.—(1) Every district institution or dispensary which, immediately before the commencement of this section, was maintained by the council of a county or corporation of a county borough as a public assistance authority shall, on and after such commencement, be deemed to have been provided by such council or corporation under section 10 of the Principal Act. | |
(2) Where section 10 of the Principal Act applies to a board of assistance or board of public assistance by virtue of an order under section 45 or section 46 of this Act commencing on the commencement of this section, every district institution or dispensary which, immediately before the commencement of this section, was maintained by such board shall, on and after such commencement, be deemed to have been provided by such board under section 10 of the Principal Act. | ||
(3) Where a district institution or dispensary is in course of erection by a public assistance authority immediately before the commencement of this section, such institution or dispensary shall be completed in like manner as if this Act had not been passed and, when it is completed, subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section (as may be appropriate) shall apply in relation thereto. |