Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(14 & 15 Vict.) C A P. LXVIII.
[7th August 1851]
'WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better Distribution, Support, and Management of certain of the Medical Charities inIreland , and to amend for this Purpose the Provisions of an Act passed in the Eleventh Yearof Her present Majesty, intituledAn Act to provide for the Execution of the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,
I Appointment of Commissioners to act with Poor Law Commissioners.
I. That it shall and may be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by Warrant under Her Sign Manual, from Time to Time to appoint Two Persons (One of whom shall be a Physician or Surgeon of not less than Ten Years standing, and shall have the Title of Medical Commissioner,) who, together with the Commissioners appointed under the Provisions of the aforesaid Act of the Eleventh Year of Her Majesty, shall, from the Time of the Publication herein-after directed to be made in theDublin Gazette , be ‘the Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland ,’ within the Meaning of the aforesaid Act, pursuant to, and with the Powers and Authorities given by, the said Act, and the several Acts for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor, and also for executing this Act, and such Two Persons so appointed under this Act shall hold Office during the Pleasure of Her said Majesty; and immediately on the Publication aforesaid the Office of Assistant Commissioner created by the said first-mentioned Act shall cease and determine; and in the Absence of the Chief Commissioner for the Time being in the said Act mentioned the Powers, Duties, and Functions of the said Chief Commissioner under the said Act shall be exercised by such One of the other Commissioners as shall be appointed so to act by a Majority of the Commissioners, with the Approval of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .
II Appointment of Commissioners to be published in Gazette.
II. Notice of the Appointment of such Two Persons by Her Majesty shall be published in theDublin Gazette , and on the Day after the Publication of the first Appointment of such Persons all the Powers and Authorities given by this Act to the said Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland shall take effect, and shall be exercised by them, in like Manner as the Powers and Authorities given to the Commissioners appointed under the said Act of the Eleventh Year of Her present Majesty: Provided always, that any Order for the Formation or Alteration of any Dispensary District or Districts under this Act, as herein-after mentioned, or for framing or establishing any General Rules or Regulations relating thereto, or altering or revoking the same, shall be signed by not less than Two of the said Commissioners.
III Appointment of Inspectors.
III. The said Commissioners may from Time to Time appoint so many fit Persons as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall sanction, being practising Physicians or Surgeons of not less than Seven Years standing, to be Inspectors to assist in carrying out the Provisions of this Act, and may remove all or any of the said Inspectors, and appoint others in their Place.
IV Salaries of Commissioners, &c. paid from Funds provided by Parliament.
IV. There shall be paid to the said Two Commissioners to be appointed under the Provisions of this Act, and also to the said Inspectors, such Salaries as shall be from Time to Time appointed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, out of any Monies which may from Time to Time be provided by Parliament for that Purpose.
V No Medical Commissioner or Inspector to practise, &c.
V. Neither the Medical Commissioner nor any such Inspector as aforesaid shall, while he continues in such respective Office, practise as a Physician or Surgeon, or in any other professional Capacity.
VI Power to Guardians to divide Unions into Dispensary Districts.
VI. The Guardians of each Union inIreland shall, when so required by the said Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland , with all reasonable Despatch, divide such Union into so many Dispensary Districts, having regard to the Extent and Population of such Districts, as may to them appear necessary; and in case the said Commissioners shall approve of the Districts so formed by the said Guardians, they shall issue an Order under their Seal declaring the same; and in case they shall not approve of the Districts so formed by the said Guardians, the said Commissioners may and they are hereby empowered to issue an Order under their Seal declaring the Districts which to them may appear necessary; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered, when they may see Occasion, from Time to Time to require the Guardians to alter such Districts, subject to the Approval by Order under Seal of the said Commissioners, and in case of their Disapproval, or of the Neglect of the Guardians to make such Alteration when required, the said Commissioners may alter such Districts by such an Order; provided always, that in no Case shall an Electoral Division formed under the Acts for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor be divided; and from and after a Day or Days to be named in any such Order the Cost of all Medical Relief afforded within any such Dispensary District to which such Order shall relate, together with all the Salaries and Charges incidental to the same, shall be charged on the Poor Rates of the Electoral Division or Divisions comprised therein, according to the net annual Value of each such Division under the Poor Law Valuation in force for the Time being; and the said Commissioners shall declare in such Order the Number and Qualifications of the Officers to be appointed for the Service of each such Dispensary District, and shall likewise declare in the said Order the Number of Persons who shall be Members of the Committee of Management of such Districts, as herein-after is provided.
VII Appointment of Dispensary Committee.
VII. Within One Month after the Receipt of the said Order the Guardians of the Union shall elect, if necessary, a sufficient Number of Ratepayers resident in each District, and liable to pay Poor Rates in respect of Property therein of the net annual Value of Thirty Pounds at the least, who, together with theex officio and elected Guardians of the Poor resident or being the Owners or Occupiers of Property therein, shall be a Committee for the Management of the Dispensary of such District, so that the Number of the Members of the said Committee shall amount to the Number named in the Order of the said Commissioners...
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