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Amendment of section 274 of Principal Act.
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37.—(1) In subsection (1) of section 274 of the Principal Act, “, subject to such provisions as may be prescribed,” is hereby inserted before “pay”.
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“(1A) Where a person is examined, pursuant to section 162, 165 or 166 of this Act or for the purposes of section 184 or 190 thereof, by a registered medical practitioner other than the authorised medical officer, such practitioner shall, subject to such provisions as may be prescribed, be paid a fee of two guineas for the examination by the mental hospital authority for the mental hospital district in which such person ordinarily resides.
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(1B) If any dispute arises as to whether a fee has become payable under this section or as to which mental hospital authority is to pay a fee which has become so payable, the dispute may, by agreement between the parties to it, be referred for decision to the Minister, and the decision given by the Minister on any such reference shall be final.”
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