Mental treatment act, 1945

• Enactment Date: 22 May 1945
• Act Number: 19

Number 19 of 1945.

MENTAL TREATMENT ACT, 1945.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section 1. Short title. 2. Commencement. 3. Definitions. 4. Person in charge. 5. Authorised medical officer. 6. Place of ordinary residence of person of no fixed residence. 7. Applicant for reception order in case of private patient. 8. Regulations. 9. Collection' and disposal of moneys payable to the Minister. 10. Expenses of the Minister. 11. Repeals.

PART II.

The Inspector of Mental Hospitals and Assistant Inspectors of Mental Hospitals.

12. The Inspector of Mental Hospitals. 13. Assistant inspectors of mental hospitals.

PART III.

Mental Hospital Districts And Mental Hospital Authorities.

14. Mental hospital districts. 15. Mental hospital authorities. 16. Appointment of joint board, etc. 17. General provisions relating to joint board. 18. Transfer of property to joint board, etc.

PART IV.

General Duty of Mental Hospital Authority to Provide Treatment, Maintenance, Advice and Services.

19. General duty of mental hospital authority to provide treatment, maintenance, advice and services.

PART V.

Institutions to Be Provided and Maintained By Mental Hospital Authorities.

20. General duty to provide accommodation. 21. District mental hospital. 22. Auxiliary mental hospital. 23. Accommodation for temporary and voluntary patients. 24. Consulting rooms and clinics. 25. Laboratory. 26. Additional institutions and accommodation. 27. Certain institutions to be deemed to be provided under this Part of this Act. 28. General duty to carry on in a proper manner institutions and accommodation maintained by mental hospital authority. 29. Residences for staff. 30. Burial place. 31. Enlargement of institution maintained by mental hospital authority, etc. 32. Contribution to cost of public water supply. 33. Contribution to cost of public sewerage scheme. 34. Contributions to cost of providing clinic, dispensary or health centre. 35. Restriction on erecting institution to be maintained by mental hospital authority, etc. 36. Restriction on erecting buildings attached to institution maintained by mental hospital authority, etc. 37. Restriction on repairs, etc. 38. Provision by two or more mental hospital authorities jointly of institution. 39. Provision by two or more mental hospital authorities jointly of laboratory. 40. General regulations in relation to institutions maintained by mental hospital authorities. 41. Special regulations in relation to particular institution maintained by a mental hospital authority. 42. Discontinuance of institution maintained by mental hospital authority.

PART VI.

Financial Provisions Relating to Mental Hospital Authorities.

43. Expenses of mental hospital authorities. 44. Borrowing. 45. Limit on borrowing. 46. Treasurer of joint board. 47. Amounts received by joint board. 48. Amounts paid by joint board. 49. Audit of accounts of joint board.

PART VII.

Acquisition and Disposal of Land By Mental Hospital Authorities.

50. Definitions for purposes of Part VII. 51. Powers of mental hospital authority to acquire land. 52. Incorporation of Lands Clauses Acts. 53. Power of mental hospital authority-to inspect land. 54. Making of compulsory acquisition order. 55. Notices, etc., of making of compulsory acquisition order. 56. Confirmation of compulsory acquisition order. 57. Notices, etc., of confirmation of compulsory acquisition order. 58. Annulment of compulsory acquisition order by the High Court. 59. Commencement of compulsory acquisition order. 60. Annuity or other payment to Irish Land Commission or Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. 61. Appropriation of surplus land to other purposes. 62. Disposal of surplus land.

PART VIII.

Superannuation, Etc., of Officers and Servants of Mental Hospital Authorities.

63. Definitions for purposes of Part VIII. 64. Non-application of Part VIII in certain cases. 65. Register of certain officers and servants. 66. Superannuation of registered officers and servants. 67. Pensions, etc., to registered officers and servants on being incapacitated. 68. Superannuation of officers and servants who are not registered. 69. Pensions, etc., to officers and servants who are not registered on being incapacitated. 70. Payment where officer or servant dies. 71. Pension, etc., on receiving injuries attributable to duties or contracting illness in discharge of duties. 72. Pension, etc., in certain special cases. 73. Reduction of allowance in certain cases. 74. Increase of allowance and lump sum where injuries attributable to duties are received or illness contracted in discharge of duties. 75. Ascertainment of continuation of incapacity. 76. Marriage gratuities. 77. Allowances to widows in certain cases. 78. Allowance in respect of children in certain cases. 79. Limit on allowances and lump sums. 80. Payment, of certain deficiencies. 81. Forfeiture of allowance in case of grave misconduct. 82. Reckoning of service. 83. Abatement of allowance on appointment of recipient. 84. Reduction of certain allowances. 85. Contributions. 86. Return of contributions. 87. Assignment of pensions, etc. 88. Officer or servant becoming Civil Servant. 89. Civil Servant becoming officer or servant. 90. Contributions in case of service with more than one mental hospital authority. 91. Reckoning of service with mental hospital authority on grant of superannuation allowance by local authority other than mental hospital authority. 92. Appeal to the Minister. 93. Age limit.

PART IX.

Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Mental Hospital Authorities.

94. Resident medical superintendent. 95. Committees of mental hospital authorities. 96. Visiting committee of district mental hospital. 97. Visiting committee of auxiliary mental hospital. 98. Joint administration of mental hospital districts. 99. Reception of minutes of proceedings at meeting of joint board as evidence, etc. 100. Joint board as local authority for purposes of certain Acts. 101. Arrangement for maintenance in institution not maintained by relevant mental hospital authority. 102. Arrangement for treatment in approved institutions. 103. Arrangement for reception into institution maintained by mental hospital authority of patients of another authority. 104. Religious services and chaplains in institutions maintained by mental hospital authority. 105. Regulations as to contracts by mental hospital authorities. 106. Contributions to associations and societies for prevention and treatment of mental disease. 107. Burials. 108. Transfer of patient to proper district mental hospital, etc. 109. Admission of persons as private patients to mental institution maintained by mental hospital authority. 110. Regulations for guidance and control of mental hospital authorities and their officers.

PART X.

Private Institutions.

111. Definitions for purposes of Part X. 112. Register of private institutions. 113. Obligation to register private institution. 114. Exceptions from obligation to register private institution. 115. Application for registration or renewal of registration of private institution. 116. Duration of registration of private institution. 117. Certificate of registration or renewal of registration of private institution. 118. Refusal of registration or renewal of registration of private institution and removal from register of private institution. 119. Grounds for refusal of registration of private institution. 120. Grounds for refusing renewal of registration of private institution. 121. Grounds for removal of private institution from register. 122. Continuation of certain powers after removal of private institution from register or after registration not being renewed. 123. Disqualification from being member of governing body of private institution. 124. Provisions consequent upon transfer, etc., of private institution. 125. Striking out or correction of registration of private institution. 126. Addition to or alteration of premises of private institution. 127. Keeping of plans of premises of private institution available for inspection. 128. Restriction on number of patients in private institution. 129. Visitation of private institution where two or more patients are kept. 130. Visitation of sole patient in private institution. 131. Register of patients in private institution. 132. Regulations governing carrying on of private institution, etc.

PART XI.

Private Charitable Institutions.

133. Definitions for purposes of Part XI. 134. Register of private charitable institutions. 135. Obligation to register private charitable...