Saint Laurence's Hospital Act, 1943

Provisions in relation to lands occupied for the purposes of the existing hospitals.

36.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the trust lands, that is to say:—

(a) on the first appointed day the trust lands shall, by virtue of this sub-section and without any conveyance or assignment, become and be vested in the Minister for all the estate, term or interest for which the same were, immediately before the first appointed day, vested in the Commissioners;

(b) on the first appointed day the trusts upon which the trust lands were held by the Commissioners immediately before the first appointed day shall cease and determine.

(2) On the first appointed day the existing governing body's lands shall, by virtue of this sub-section and without any conveyance or assignment, become and be vested in the Minister for all the estate, ter or interest for which the same were, immediately before the first appointed day, vested in, or the property of, or held in trust for, the existing governing body.

(3) At any time after the first appointed day the Minister may dispose of the lands vested in him by this section or any part of those lands in such one of the following ways as the Minister thinks proper, that is to say:—

(a) by sale at the best price that can, in the opinion of the Minister, be obtained;

(b) by transfer (with or without payment) to a particular local authority for the purposes of any of the powers and duties of such local authority.

(4) On and after the first appointed day the Minister shall hold so much of the lands vested in him by this section as has not been disposed of by him under this section in trust for the Board.

(5) Any moneys received by the Minister from the disposal of lands by him under this section shall, after defraying all costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in relation to such disposal, be paid by him to the Hospitals Trust Board and shall form part of the Hospitals Trust Fund.