Medical Act, 1925

Rights, etc., of persons registered and of registration authorities under Medical Acts.

1.—(1) All persons registered under the Medical Acts (whether admitted to the register before or after the passing of this Act) shall in Saorstát Eireann have the like rights, privileges, and immunities and be subject to the like obligations as persons so registered had and were subject to in Ireland prior to the establishment of Saorstát Eireann.

(2) The General Council and its officers shall have and may exercise in relation to persons and matters in Saorstát Eireann all the like powers, jurisdictions, and authorities under the Medical Acts as that Council and its officers prior to the establishment of Saorstát Eireann had and might exercise under these Acts in relation to persons and matters in Ireland.

(3) The Branch Council for Ireland and its officers shall have and may exercise in relation to persons and matters in Saorstát Eireann the like powers, jurisdictions, and authorities under the Medical Acts as that Branch Council and its officers prior to the establishment of Saorstát Eireann had and might exercise under those Acts in relation to persons and matters in Ireland.