Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Grant Act 1913
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1913 c. 26 |
Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Grant Act, 1913.
(3 & 4 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 26.
An Act to provide a Special Grant for the purpose of improving Medical Service in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and for other purposes connected therewith.
[15th August 1913]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Highlands and Islands \(Medical Service) Grant.
(1) In every financial year there shall be paid out of money to be provided by Parliament the sum of forty-two thousand pounds, which shall be called the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Grant, and shall be paid to a separate fund to be called the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Fund.
(2) The Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Fund shall, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Treasury with respect to accounts, audit, and accumulation of the fund, be administered and applied by the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Board (hereinafter called the Board) appointed under this Act, in accordance with a scheme or schemes to be prepared by them and approved by the Secretary for Scotland with the consent of the Treasury, for the purpose of improving medical service, including nursing, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and otherwise providing and improving means for the prevention, treatment, and alleviation of illness and suffering therein.
2 Appointment of Board.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by warrant under his sign manual, to appoint a board consisting of not less than five and not more than nine members, one of whom shall be a woman, to be called the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Board. One of the members of the Board shall be appointed by His Majesty to be chairman of the Board.
(2) The Board may act by any four, or, if the total number of the Board is six or less, by any three of their number, and notwithstanding any vacancy in their number.
(3) The Secretary for Scotland may appoint a secretary to the Board and the Board may, with the consent of the Treasury as to numbers, appoint and employ such officers and servants for the purposes of this Act as they think necessary, and may remove any officer or servant so appointed or employed, and there shall be paid to the secretary, officers and servants such salaries or remuneration as the Board, or in the case of the secretary, the Secretary for Scotland, with the...
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