Vol. 52 No. 2
I move: That the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 1:—
Section 2. After the word "Act" in line 14, where it first occurs and within the bracket, the words "as amended by this Act" inserted.
This is purely a drafting amendment.
Question agreed to.
I move: That the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 2:—
New section. Before Section 10 a new section inserted as follows:—
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—
(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
(b) approve, in respect of each such person, of premises as suitable for such reception of such infants.
(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 48 hours after such reception.
This amendment is intended to meet cases where it might be desirable in the interests of the mother and infant to find a home immediately for the infant. The amendment proposes to provide emergency homes for these cases and, to ensure that the provision of these homes will not operate to defeat the spirit of the Act, their number is strictly limited. The homes must be designated and inspected and approved.
Question agreed to.
It is proposed also to ask the Committee to agree with the Seanad in the following amendment:—
Section 12, sub-section (1). After the word "person" in line 52 the words "(whether an individual, or a body corporate or an unincorporated association)" inserted in brackets and the word "residence" deleted in line 55 and the words "in the case of an individual, the residence or, in every other case, the office or place of business" substituted therefor.
It is intended to provide that where an advertisement is published on behalf of a society, the name and office or place of business of the society must be correctly stated in the advertisement.
Question agreed to.
Agreement with Seanad amendments reported.
