Health Act, 1953
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Maternity cash grants. |
23.—(1) A health authority shall pay to a woman— | |
(a) who is entitled to the services made available by the health authority under section 14 of this Act, and | ||
(b) whom it is not proposed to maintain in an institution after confinement (otherwise than for the purposes of medical or surgical treatment) by or at the expense of the health authority, and | ||
(c) who fulfils the prescribed conditions, | ||
a cash grant of four pounds in respect of each confinement. | ||
(2) In this section “confinement” means labour resulting in the issue of a living child, or labour after twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead. | ||
(3) In deciding whether or not he shall make an order under the Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930 (No. 17 of 1930), for the payment of the expenses incidental to the birth of a child, the Justice shall not take into consideration the fact that the mother of the child is entitled to a cash grant under this section. |