Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1990
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Limitation of proceedings and claims. |
7.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), no legal proceedings shall be brought against the Minister by virtue of section 4 (2) after the expiration of the period of 4 years from the commencement of this section. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no claim shall be made by any person against the Minister after the expiration of the period of 4 years from the commencement of this section 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. | ||
(3) Where at the commencement of this section any person is under a legal disability, then in respect of that person subsections (1) and (2) shall be construed as if each reference therein to the expiration of the period of 4 years after such commencement were a reference to the expiration of that period or the period of 12 months after that person ceases to be under the legal disability, whichever event occurs last. |