The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![seal and with power to hold land without licence in mortmain for the purposes of their powers and duties. (5) If the Secretary of State so directs and subject to any regulations made by him, the Board shall appoint an administra- tive committee, and to such committee shall be entrusted such ot the administrative powers and duties of the Board as are men- tioned in the Schedule to this Act. '■ (6) Subject as aforesaid, any act or thing required or authorised by this Act to be done by the Board or the Commissioners may he done ]')y any one or more of the Commissioners as the Secretary of State may by general or special order direct. (7) There shall be paid to the Chairman and to such number, not exceeding eleven, of the Commissioners as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may determine, such salaries or other remuneration as the Secretary of State, with the like consent, may fix: Provided that, in the case of the Chairman, such salary shall not exceed eighteen hundred pounds a year, and, in the case of the Commissioners other than the Chairman eight would be existing Lunac}’^ Commissioners. Of the remaining three one must be a woman and the other the chairman. Wovtan.—Other provisions for the appointment of women are found in sections 23 (1), 28 fl). and 40. Under the first of these sections inspectors and other officers and servants of the Board of Control “ shall include women as well as men.” Under the second, committees for the care of defectives to be appointed by local authorities shall include “ some ” women. Under section 40 “ one or more women ” are to be added to the persons appointed under the Lunacy Act to act as visitors of institutions. Inquiripft nwovq W('If^h-.’^'ponlnng 'persons.—The Home Secretary stated in the House of Commons that the special qualification for holding such inquiries did not necessarily mean that one of the Commissioners should be able to speak Welsh. 22 (4) Body Corporate.—The provision that the Commissioners shall be q, corporate body with power to hold Land is necessary on account of the proposal to empower them to “ provide and maintain institutions for defectives of criminal, dangerous, or violent propensities.” (Section 25 (e) and 35 (1).) 22 (5) and (6) Administrative Committee.—An administrative com- mittee was first suggested during the debates on the original Bill of 1912. That Bill proposed to amalgamate the Commissioners under this Act with the existing Lunacy Commissioner.s—a proposal met by section 65. An Administr.ative Council w'as then suggested and accepted by the Government as a temporary arrangement to secure Parliamentary con- trol over the administrative functions of the Board during the period which would elapse before the amalfram.ation took place. The suggestion was that the Administrative Council should he composed of a chairman and four members of the Board of Control, two nominated by the Home Secretary and two by the Board itself. 22 (6) AvtJiorised by this Art.—See section 25. (7) There shall he paid, d-r.—The eleven Commissioners, not counting the chairman, are the existing eight Commissioners in Lunacy and three](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29010172_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
