Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875

Proprietor with consent of inspectors may take or send patient to any place for his health.

7. The proprietor or superintendent of any licensed house may with the consent in writing of one of the inspectors of lunatics, take or send under proper control any patient to any specified place for any definite time for the benefit of his heath; and any such consent may from time to time be renewed, and the place varied: Provided always, that before any such consent shall be given or renewed, the approval in writing of the person who signed the order for the reception of such patient, or by whom the last payment on account of such patient was made, shall be produced to such inspector, unless he shall, on cause being shown, dispense with the same.