Dublin Fever Hospital Act, 1936

Application of certain enactments to the hospital board.

38.—(1) The hospital board shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Combined Purchasing) Act, 1925 (No. 20 of 1925) and the Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Acts, 1926 to 1935, to be a local authority.

(2) The hospital board shall be deemed to be a local authority within the meaning of section 60 of the Act of 1925, as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1927, and of sections 61 , 62 and 70 of the Act of 1925, and of section 72 of the Act of 1925, as amended by subsequent enactments and the said sections 60 (as so amended), 61 , 62 , 70 and 72 (as so amended) shall apply to the hospital board and its members and officers accordingly.

(3) The hospital board shall be deemed to be a local authority within the meaning of sections 4 and 5 of the Local Government Act, 1933 (No. 5 of 1933), and the said sections 4 and 5 shall apply to the hospital board and its officers accordingly.