Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022

Amendment of section 53C of Act of 1970

4. Section 53C of the Act of 1970 is amended, in subsection (9) —

(a) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) a person in respect of whom a charge is made under section 55 in respect of in-patient services that constitute acute in-patient services,”,

(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (ba):

“(bb) a person who is ordinarily resident in the State and has not attained the age of 16 years,”,

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (bb), a child” for “a child”, and

(d) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (bb), a child” for “a child”.