Hospitals Act, 1939

Public notice of application for establishment order.

3.—(1) As soon as conveniently may be after the governing body of a voluntary hospital has applied for an establishment order, such governing body shall publish a notice of the making of such application at least once in each of two successive weeks in three newspapers (of which at least one shall be a morning daily newspaper) circulating in the area in which such hospital is situated.

(2) Every notice published under this section by the governing body of a voluntary hospital shall be in such form as the Minister may approve and shall contain, in addition to any other matters that may be so approved, an intimation that any person who objects to the making of an establishment order in relation to such hospital may, at any time before the expiration of four weeks after the week in which such notice is published for the second time, furnish a written statement of his objections to the Minister.