Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934

Applications for registration and registration.

4.—(1) Any person who proposes to carry on, on or after the appointed day, in the functional area of a local authority a maternity home may at any time after the passing of this Act apply in the prescribed manner to such authority to be registered in the register kept by such authority.

(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to applications for registration in the register kept by a local authority, that is to say:—

(a) where the applicant desires to be registered in respect of two or more maternity homes the applicant shall make a separate application in respect of each of the said homes,

(b) every application shall be in the prescribed form and shall state the address of the applicant and particulars of the premises situate in the functional area of such local authority where the applicant proposes to carry on the maternity home in respect of which the applicant seeks to be registered in such register and such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) Upon receipt of an application under and in accordance with this section, the local authority shall, subject to the provisions of the next following section, cause to be entered in the register kept by them—

(a) the name and address of the applicant, and

(b) particulars of the maternity home specified in such application in respect of which the applicant seeks to be registered in the said register.