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Updated to 14 August 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 402 of 2025)

All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990
No. 23 of 1990

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 1 September 1993 Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 (Commencement) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 222 of 1993), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Health Acts 1947 to s. 17(2)
Application of Act extended in relation to care provided by Health Board S.I. No. 224 of 1993, art. 4
Transfer of functions under with savings 42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 4, 58, 59(1), 59(2), 59(3), 74, schedules 3, 5
S. 1 new heading inserted before 1/2007, ss. 1, 12(3)
S. 1(1) amended 42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 1
S. 2(1) amended 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 170, schedule, pt. 5, item 10
S. 2(1)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 2
S. 2(1)(e) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 2
S. 2(1)(f) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 2
S. 2(1)(g)(ii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 2
S. 2(1)(g)(iii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 2
S. 2(1)(h) amended 1/2007, ss. 2(a)(i), 2(a)(ii), 12(3)
S. 2(3) inserted 1/2007, ss. 2(b), 12(3)
S. 2(3) amended 18/2010, ss. 1(2), 14(a)
S. 3 repealed 23/2007, ss. 3, 104(1), 104(3), schedule 1, pt. 1
S. 3(5) inserted 32/1996, s. 20
S. 4 repealed 23/2007, ss. 3, 104(1), 104(3), schedule 1, pt. 1
S. 4(1) substituted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(3)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(3)(c) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(3)(d) inserted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(4)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(4)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(4)(c) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(5) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(6) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(6)(b)(iii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(7)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(7)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(8)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(10)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(10)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(11) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(12)(a)(ii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(13)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(13)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 4(14) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 3
S. 5 repealed 23/2007, ss. 3, 104(1), 104(3), schedule 1, pt. 1
S. 5(1) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 4
S. 5(4)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 4
S. 5(4)(b)(II) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 4
S. 5(5) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 4
S. 6 repealed 23/2007, ss. 3, 104(1), 104(3), schedule 1, pt. 1
S. 6(2)(g) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(i) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(j) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(k) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(l) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(m)(i) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(m)(ii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(2)(n) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(4)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(5) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 5
S. 6(7) inserted 14/2001, ss. 3(a), 5(4)
S. 7 substituted 1/2007, s. 3, 12(3)
S. 7(1) amended 18/2010, ss. 1(2), 14(b)
S. 7(1) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7(2) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7(2) substituted 14/2001, ss. 3(b), 5(4)
S. 7(2)(b)(iii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7(2)(b)(v) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7(2)(b)(x) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7(2)(c) deleted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 6
S. 7A inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7A(4A) inserted 15/2009, ss. 2, 38
S. 7B inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7B amended 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 170, schedule, pt. 5, item 11
S. 7B(5)(a) constr. references “registered medical practitioner" 25/2007, ss. 1(3), 108(1)
S. 7B(6) constr. references “registered medical practitioner" 25/2007, ss. 1(3), 108(1)
S. 7C inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7D inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7D transitional provision 15/2009, ss. 2, 39(2)
S. 7E inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7F inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7G inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7H inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7H(1) functions transferred and references construed S.I. No. 480 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3(a), schedule
S. 7I inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7J inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 7K inserted 1/2007, ss. 3, 12(3)
S. 8 new heading inserted before 1/2007, ss. 4, 12(3)
S. 8(1)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 7
S. 8(1)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 7
S. 9 repealed  23/2007, ss. 3, 104(1), schedule 1, pt. 1
S. 9(1)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 8
S. 9(1)(c) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 8
S. 9(1)(d) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 8
S. 9(2)(a) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 8
S. 10(1) substituted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(2)(a)(i) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(2)(a)(ii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(2)(a)(iii) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(2)(a)(v) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(2)(b) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(4) amended 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 10(5) substituted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 9
S. 11 new heading inserted before 1/2007, ss. 5, 12(3)
S. 12(1) substituted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 10
S. 12(4) deleted 42/2004, ss. 3(1), 75, schedule 7, pt. 4, item 10
S. 14 substituted 1/2007, ss. 6, 12(3)
  14/2001, ss. 3(c), 5(4)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 6 Nursing Homes (Care and Welfare) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 147 of 1994)
  Nursing Homes (Care and Welfare) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 379 of 1993)
  Nursing Homes (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 226 of 1993)
S. 7 Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 225 of 1996)
  Nurisng Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 378 of 1993)
  Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 227 of 1993)
S. 7(2) Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 642 of 2006)
  Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 814 of 2005)
  Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 89 of 2001)
  Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 498 of 1998)
S. 8(1) Nursing Homes (Fees) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 223 of 1993)
S. 10(2) Boarding Out Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 225 of 1993)