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Reception in emergencies of infants.
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10.—(1) A local authority administering Part I of the Principal Act in any area may, with the sanction of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health—
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(a) approve of such and so many (not exceeding three) persons in such area as suitable persons for the reception, in cases of emergency, of infants under the age of nine years for nursing and maintenance for reward or promise of reward, and
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(b) approve, in respect of each such person, of premises as suitable for such reception of such infants.
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(2) Where in circumstances which constitute an emergency an infant is received by a person approved under this section for nursing and maintenance for reward or promise of reward in premises approved under this section in respect of such person, the notice of such reception required by the Principal Act as amended by this Act may be given at any time within forty-eight hours after such reception.
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