Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;

the expression “the local authority” means the body which is, in any area in relation to which the expression is used, the local supervising authority for the purposes of the Midwives (Ireland) Act, 1918, in that area;

the expression “maternity home” means any premises which are, either wholly or partly, used or intended to be used for the reception of pregnant women or of women immediately after child-birth;

the expression “authorised officer” means an officer of the local authority in relation to whom such expression is used authorised by such local authority with the approval of the Minister to exercise the powers conferred by this Act on an authorised officer;

the word “inspector” means a person authorised by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred by this Act on an inspector;

the expression “qualified nurse” means a nurse registered in the general part of the register kept under the Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919;

the expression “superintendent nurse” means the person having

the superintendence of the patients in the maternity home in relation to which the expression is used;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.