Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act, 1997
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— | |
“application form” means any form of application determined by the Tribunal under section 4 (5); | ||
“award” means an award of compensation; | ||
“claimant” means a person referred to in section 4 (1) making a claim to the Tribunal in respect of any matter referred to in that subsection or a person referred to in any regulations made under section 9 in respect of the matters referred to in those regulations; | ||
“dependant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 47(1) (inserted by section 1 of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act, 1996 ) of the Civil Liability Act, 1961 ; | ||
“the establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by the Minister under section 2 ; | ||
“the Fund” has the meaning assigned to it by section 11 ; | ||
“Hepatitis C” means Hepatitis C antibodies or virus; | ||
“medical practitioner” means a person registered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under section 26 of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health; | ||
“the non-statutory scheme Tribunal” means the Compensation Tribunal for certain persons who have contracted Hepatitis C within the State from Anti-D Immunoglobulin, whole blood or other blood products established by the Minister on the 15th day of December, 1995; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“provisional award” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 (7); | ||
“relevant agency” means the Blood Transfusion Service Board or the Irish Medicines Board; | ||
“spouse” in relation to a person, includes a person with whom the person is or was at a material time cohabiting; | ||
“the Tribunal” means the Tribunal established under section 3 . | ||
(2) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended, | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended, | ||
(c) a reference to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactments including this Act. |