Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015

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Definitions

1. In this Act—

“Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970;

F1[‘Addendum’ means the ‘Addendum to the terms of Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme in respect of women who worked in the laundries in the 12 ‘Magdalen’ institutions and who were resident in one of the 14 adjoining institutions’ dated November 2018;]

“Minister” means the Minister for Justice and Equality;

“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as it has in the Medical Practitioners Act 2007;

“registered nurse” has the same meaning as it has in the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011;

“relevant institution” means an institution specified in the Schedule;

F2[‘Scheme’ means the scheme for the time being administered by the Minister, made by the Government in December 2013, and the terms of which include those set out in the Addendum, providing for—

(a) the making of ex-gratia payments to women who were admitted to and worked in a relevant institution, and

(b) the making of ex-gratia payments to women in accordance with the terms set out in the Addendum.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F1

Inserted (31.07.2019) by Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Act 2019 (26/2019), s. 2(a), S.I. No. 398 of 2019.

F2

Substituted (31.07.2019) by Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Act 2019 (26/2019), s. 2(b), S.I. No. 398 of 2019.

Modifications (not altering text):

C2

Functions transferred and references construed (14.10.2020) by Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (3) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.

Note change of name of Department and title of Minister to Department of and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth made (15.10.2020) by Children and Youth Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 437 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2).

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

(2) References to the Department of Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality -

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and

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are transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

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(3) References to the Minister for Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act, and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

SCHEDULE 1

Article 3(1)(a)

Enactments, functions by or under which are transferred from the Minister for Justice and Equality to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

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Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 (No. 8 of 2015)