Health Authorities Act, 1960

Transitional provisions with respect to expenses.

12.—(1) (a) In this subsection “the Authority” means the Dublin Health Authority.

(b) Pending the making of an agreement or determination pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 11 of this Act, the expenses (other than those incurred under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) of the Authority for the local financial year in which the Authority are established shall be contributed by the Dublin Corporation and the councils of the counties of Dublin and Wicklow in proportion to their respective expenditures (as estimated by them respectively subject to the approval of the Minister), on the services (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) for their respective areas which have been transferred to the Authority, in the local financial year preceding that in which the Authority are established.

(c) Pending the making of an agreement or determination pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 11 of this Act, the expenses (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) of the Authority for the local financial years subsequent to that in which the Authority are established shall be contributed by the Dublin Corporation, the council of the county of Wicklow, the council of the county of Dublin, and the D[html]n Laoghaire Corporation in proportion to the following sums:

(i) the expenditure by the Dublin Corporation (as estimated by them subject to the approval of the Minister), on the services (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) which have been transferred to the Authority, in the local financial year immediately preceding that in which the Authority are established,

(ii) the expenditure by the council of the county of Wicklow (as estimated by them subject to the approval of the Minister), on services under the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1958, in that year,

(iii) the sum obtained by multiplying the expenditure by the council of the county of Dublin (as estimated by them subject to the approval of the Minister), on the services (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) which have been transferred to the Authority, in that year by the part of the total expenditure by that council (as estimated by them) in that year which was chargeable on the county-at-large and which was levied on the County Health District of Dublin, and dividing the result of the multiplication by the said total expenditure,

(iv) the sum obtained by multiplying the expenditure by the council of the county of Dublin (as estimated by them subject to the approval of the Minister), on the services (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) which have been transferred to the Authority, in that year by the part of the total expenditure by that council (as estimated by them) in that year which was chargeable on the county-at-large and which was levied on the borough of Dún Laoghaire, and dividing the result of the multiplication by the said total expenditure.

(2) Pending the making of an agreement or determination pursuant to subsection (3) of section 11 of this Act, the expenses (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) of a health authority (other than the Dublin Health Authority) established by this Act shall be contributed, by the local authorities who appoint members of the health authority, in proportion to their respective expenditures (as estimated by them respectively subject to the approval of the Minister), on the services (other than those under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 ) which have been transferred to the health authority, in the local financial year immediately preceding that in which the health authority became established.

(3) An allocation of expenses pursuant to this section shall be subject to the relevant agreement or determination pursuant to section 11 of this Act when that agreement or determination has been made, and the appropriate adjustments shall be made accordingly.

(4) In this section, a reference to expenditure shall be construed as not including a reference to capital expenditure defrayed out of borrowed moneys.