S.I. No. 410/1953 -- Maternity Cash Grants Regulations, 1953.
S.I. No. 410/1953: MATERNITY CASH GRANTS REGULATIONS, 1953. |
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MATERNITY CASH GRANTS REGULATIONS, 1953. |
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The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), and Section 23 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), hereby makes the following regulations :-- |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maternity Cash Grants Regulations, 1953. |
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2. The prescribed conditions for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of Section 23 of the Health Act, 1953 , shall be : |
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(a) that the woman shall have applied in writing to the health authority for a maternity cash grant within three months of the confinement, and |
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(b) that the woman shall have |
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(i) sent to the health authority a certificate in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations or in a form to the like effect, signed by a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife who attended her either at or after the confinement, or |
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(ii) produced other evidence, to the satisfaction of the health authority, that the confinement took place. |
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SCHEDULE. |
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE RELATING TO CONFINEMENT |
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I, being a registered medical practitioner/registered midwife who attended her at or after her confinement, hereby certify that ........................ of ...................... in the county/county borough of ............... had a confinement within the meaning of Section 23* of the Health Act, 1953 , on the.......... day .................... of 19...., and that a child was born to her (a) after a period of pregnancy lasting not less than ............ weeks. |
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Signed ............................................................ ........................................ |
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Address ............................................................ ...................................... |
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Qualification ............................................................ ................................ |
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Date ............................................................ ........................................... |
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Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this twenty-third day of December, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. |
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SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, |
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Minister for Health. |
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(a) Insert " alive " or " dead ". |
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* This section defines a confinement as "labour resulting in the issue of a living child, or labour after twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead." |
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