Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.ie) Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile Reachtaíocht Achtanna an Oireachtais Ionstraimí Reachtúla Reachtaíocht Réamh-1922 Bunreacht Acmhainní Seachtracha Billí (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris Oifigiúil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An Coimisiún um Athchóiriú an Dlí) Liosta Rangaithe Reachtaíochta Aistriúcháin (achtanna.ie) Aistriúcháin (Tithe an Oireachtais) Foilseacháin Rialtais ar Díol Dlí AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(s) or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1993 Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993 Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 17 of 1993 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1993 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Definitions. 2. Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act. 3. Amendment of section 57 of Principal Act. 4. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1978. 5. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1978. 6. Short title and collective citation. Acts Referred to Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 1978, No. 4 Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978 1978, No. 19 Number 17 of 1993 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1993 AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL REGISTER OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1978 , AND PERSONS REGISTERED THEREIN AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THAT ACT AND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978 , RELATING TO THE PERSONS AFORESAID. [1st July, 1993] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Definitions. 1.—In this Act— “the Act of 1978” means the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978 ; “the Principal Act” means the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 . Amendment of section 26 of Prinicipal Act. 2.—Section 26 of the Principal Act is hereby amended, with effect from the passing of that Act, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (2): “(2) The register may be prepared, established and maintained in a form that is not legible if it is capable of being converted into a legible form and shall indicate whether each person whose name is registered therein is fully registered, provisionally registered or temporarily registered. (2A) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and to certify that on a specified day or days or during the whole of a specified period a particular person stood registered in the register, or that on a specified day or days or during the whole of a specified period a particular person did not stand registered in the register or that on a specified day the name of a particular person was erased from the register shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that he was the Registrar, be evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the matters stated in the certificate.”. Amendment of section 57 of Principal Act. 3.—Section 57 of the Principal Act is hereby amended, with effect from the passing of that Act, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): “(3) In subsection (1) of this section ‘copies’ includes copies of a reproduction in permanent legible form, by a computer or other means, of the register in non-legible form.”. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1978. 4.—Section 17 of the Act of 1978 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (5) of the following subsection: “(5) A person who, following a requirement under subsection (4)— (a) refuses or fails to comply with such a requirement, or (b) refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of a designated registered medical practitioner in relation to the provision under this section of a specimen of urine, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to both.”. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1978. 5.—Section 23 of the Act of 1978 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection: “(3) In a prosecution for an offence under section 49 or 50 of the Principal Act or section 13, 14, 16 or 17, it shall be presumed until the contrary is shown that each of the following persons is a registered medical practitioner: (a) a person who by virtue of powers conferred on him by this Part took from another person a specimen of that other person’s blood or was provided by another person with a specimen of that other person’s urine; (b) a person for whom, following a requirement under section 13 (1), 14 (1) or 16 (5) to permit the taking by him of a specimen of blood, there was a refusal or failure to give such permission or to comply with a requirement of his in relation to the taking of such a specimen; (c) a person for whom, following a requirement under section 13 (1), 14 (1), 16 (5) or 17 (4) to provide for him a specimen of urine, there was a refusal or failure to provide such a specimen or to comply with a requirement of his in relation to the provision of such a specimen.”. Short title and collective citation. 6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993. (2) The Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 , and this Act (in so far as it amends that Act) may be cited together as the Medical Practitioners Acts, 1978 and 1993. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais