Sec. 1 HEPATITIS C COMPENSATION TRIBUNAL ACT, 1997

Interpretation.

Interpretation.

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1.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“application form” means any form of application determined by the Tribunal under section 4(5);

“award” means an award of compensation;

“claimant” means a person referred to in section 4(1) making a claim to the Tribunal in respect of any matter referred to in that subsection or a person referred to in any regulations made under section 9 in respect of the matters referred to in those regulations;

“dependant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 47(1) (inserted by section 1 of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act, 1996) of the Civil Liability Act, 1961;

“the establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by the Minister under section 2;

“the Fund” has the meaning assigned to it by section 11;

“Hepatitis C” means Hepatitis C antibodies or virus;

“medical practitioner” means a person registered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under section 26 of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Health;

“the non-statutory scheme Tribunal” means the Compensation Tribunal for certain persons who have contracted Hepatitis C within the State from Anti-D Immunoglobulin, whole blood or other blood products established by the Minister on the 15th day of December, 1995;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

“provisional award” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(7);

“relevant agency” means the Blood Transfusion Service Board or the Irish Medicines Board;

“spouse” in relation to a person, includes a person with whom the person is or was at a material time cohabiting;

“the Tribunal” means the Tribunal established under section 3.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,

(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended,

(c) a reference to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactments including this Act.

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