Medical Practitioners Act, 1951

Special provisions as to employment in health centres.

4.—(1) For the purposes of section 3 of this Act, “institution” includes a health centre if, and only if, either—

(a) it is a health centre under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939), or the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), or

(b) it is a health centre such as is referred to in subsection (1) of section 3 of the British Act of 1950

(2) Employment in such a centre shall not be treated as employment for the purposes of section 3 of this Act, unless—

(a) in the case of a centre under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 , or the Health Act, 1947 , it is either employment in the provision of general medical services or employment in the provision of out-patient services, and

(b) in the case of a centre such as is referred to in subsection (1) of section 3 of the British Act of 1950, it is either of the employments specified in subsection (2) of that section.