Health (Homes For Incapacitated Persons) Act, 1964
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“incapacitated”, in relation to a person, means incapable of looking after himself by reason of— | ||
(a) old age, | ||
(b) physical infirmity or a physical injury, defect or disease, or | ||
(c) mental infirmity or a mental handicap; | ||
“home” means any premises in which incapacitated persons are maintained, excluding— | ||
(a) premises in which no incapacitated person is maintained for private profit, | ||
(b) premises in which not more than one incapacitated person is maintained, | ||
(c) premises in which a majority of the persons being maintained are being treated for acute ailments by or under the control of medical or surgical specialists, | ||
(d) a maternity home in respect of which a person is registered in the register of maternity homes under the Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934 , and in which incapacitated persons who are not maternity patients are not maintained, and | ||
(e) a mental institution, within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1961, | ||
but where— | ||
(i) a person who is the spouse of the occupier of any premises or a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the occupier or of the spouse (if any) of the occupier is maintained in those premises, or | ||
(ii) an incapacitated person who has become incapacitated while a resident in premises consisting of a bona fide hotel, guest-house or boarding-house is maintained in those premises for a period not exceeding one month, | ||
such maintenance shall, for the purpose of this definition, be disregarded. | ||
(2) The Health Acts, 1947 to 1960, and this Act shall be construed as one. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of this section, a reference in the Health Act, 1947 , to that Act shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to this Act. |