Ministry of Health act, 1919.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
[1919?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Ministry of Health act, 1919. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Consultative councils. Provisions as to Wales. Staff and remunera- tion. [Cu. 21.] Ministry of Health Act,1919. [9 & 10 Gro. 5.] poor then vested in the Minister (not being powers or duties relating or incidental to the health of the people) as appear to His Majesty to be such as could be more conveniently exercised and performed by such other departments. (4) His Majesty may by Order in Council make such incidental, consequential, and supplemental provisions as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving full effect to any transfer of powers or duties by or under this section, inciuding provisions for the transfer of any property, rights, and liabilities held, enjoyed, or incurred by any Government department in connection with any powers or duties transferred, and may make such adaptations in the enactments relating to such powers or duties as may be necessary to make exerciseable by the Minister and his officers or by such other Government department and their officers, as the case may be, the powers and duties so transferred. (5) In connection with the transfer of powers and duties to or from the Minister by or under this Act, the provisions set out in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect. 4.—(1) It shall be lawful for His Majesty by Order in Council to establish consultative councils in England and Wales for giving, in accordance with the provisions of the Order, advice and assistance to the Minister in connection with such matters affecting or incidental to the health of the people as may be referred to in such Order. (2) Every such council shall include women as well as men, and shall consist of persons having practical experience of the matters referred to the council. 5. The Minister shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, appoint such officers as he may think fit to constitute a Board of Health in Wales through whom he may exercise and perform in Wales in such manner as he may think fit any of his powers and duties; the Board and any officer who is a member thereof shall ae under the directions, and comply with the instructions, of the Minister. 6.—(1) The Minister may appoint one parliamentary secre- tary and such secretaries, officers, and servants as the Minister may, subject to the consent of the ‘Treasury as to number, determine, and in the making of such appointments shall give equal consideration to the suitability of persons of both sexes,
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