Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1990
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1930” means the Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1930 ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 ; | ||
“sweepstake” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Principal Act or section 1 of the Act of 1930, as is appropriate in the circumstances; | ||
“sweepstake committee” has the meaning provided for it in section 5 (1) of the Principal Act or, where appropriate in the circumstances, means a committee appointed under section 2 of the Act of 1930; | ||
“sweepstake prize funds” means the aggregate of moneys representing— | ||
(a) moneys lodged in any bank by a sweepstake committee in an account in the names of the sweepstake trustees concerned in respect of prizes provided for the purposes of and in accordance with the Public Charitable Hospitals Acts, 1930 to 1932, or the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1976, but which have not been paid out as a result of being unclaimed or, where claimed, have not been duly validated, and | ||
(b) the interest relating to moneys so lodged in respect of prizes so provided for; | ||
“sweepstake trustees” means trustees appointed under a scheme to which section 6 of the Principal Act or section 2 of the Act of 1930 relates, as is appropriate in the circumstances, and in whose names any sweepstake prize funds are held. | ||
(2) In this Act a reference to a section is to a section of this Act unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended and a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the section in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended. |