Health Act, 1947

Disposal of surplus land.

89.—(1) A health authority may, with the consent of the Minister, sell, exchange, let, or otherwise dispose of any land vested in them.

(2) The proceeds of the sale under this section of any land by a health authority shall, so far as such proceeds are capital money, be applied with the consent of the Minister to a purpose (including the repayment of borrowed money) to which capital money may properly be applied by the authority.

(3) Where land is exchanged under this section by a health authority, the land taken in such exchange shall (subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act in relation to the appropriation and use of land not required for the purpose for which it was acquired) be applied to the purposes to which the land given in such exchange was applicable by the authority.

(4) Section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) (which relates to the disposal of land not required by a local authority) shall apply to the disposal (not being by demise for a term not exceeding one year) of land under this section and for this purpose references to the Minister for Local Government in the said section 83 shall be construed as references to the Minister.