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Inspector of Mental Health Services.
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50.—(1) There is hereby established the office of Inspector of Mental Health Services and the holder of the office shall be known as the Inspector of Mental Health Services and is referred to in this Act as “the Inspector”.
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(2) The Commission shall from time to time appoint a consultant psychiatrist to be the Inspector.
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(3) The Inspector shall be paid such remuneration and allowances for expenses as the Commission may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, from time to time determine.
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(4) The Inspector shall hold office for such period and upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Commission may determine.
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(5) References in any Act of the Oireachtas passed before the commencement of this section or in any instrument made before the commencement of this section, under such an Act of the Oireachtas to the Inspector of Mental Hospitals shall, on and after such commencement, be construed as references to the Inspector.
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(6) Anything commenced by the Inspector of Mental Hospitals before the commencement of this section may be carried on and completed on or after that day by the Inspector as if he or she was the Inspector of Mental Hospitals having the powers of that Inspector.
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