Ministry of National Insurance Act 1944
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1944 c. 46 |
Ministry of National Insurance Act, 1944
(7 & 8 Geo. 6.) 46.
An Act to establish a Ministry of National Insurance and for purposes connected therewith.
[17th November 1944]
B E 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 Appointment and functions of Minister of National Insurance.
1. It shall be lawful for His Majesty to appoint a Minister of National Insurance, and there shall be transferred to that Minister, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act,—
2 Oath of allegiance and official oath.
2. The Minister of National Insurance (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Minister’) shall take the oath of allegiance and the official oath, and the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, shall have effect as if the name of the Minister were included in the first Part of the Schedule to that Act.
3 Remuneration, appointment of officers, expenses, etc.
(1) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament—
(a ) to the Minister, an annual salary not exceeding five thousand pounds;
(b ) to a parliamentary secretary appointed by the Minister, an annual salary not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds.
(2) For the purpose of section six of the Ministers of the Crown Act, 1937 (which makes provision against duplicate salaries) any such salary shall be deemed to be a salary payable under that Act.
(3) The Minister may appoint such other secretaries and such officers and servants as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine and there shall be paid to the secretaries, officers and servants so appointed such salaries or remuneration as the Treasury may determine.
(4) The expenses of the Minister, including any salaries or remuneration payable under the last foregoing subsection, shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament, save in so far as those expenses are to be paid in some other manner by virtue of any enactment applied to the Minister under the following provisions of this Act.
4 Capacity to sit in House of Commons.
4. Neither the Minister, nor the parliamentary secretary appointed by the Minister, shall, by reason of his office as such, be incapable of being elected as a member of the Commons House of Parliament or of sitting or voting as such a member.
5 Seal, style and acts of Minister.
(1) The Minister shall for all purposes be a corporation sole, and shall have an official seal which shall be authenticated by the signature of the Minister or of a secretary of the Ministry or of any person authorised by the Minister to act in that behalf.
(2) The seal of the Minister shall be officially and judicially noticed, and every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Minister, and to be sealed with the seal of the Minister authenticated in the manner provided by this section or to be signed by a secretary of the Ministry or any person authorised as aforesaid, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be so made or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(3) A certificate signed by the Minister that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by him was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
(4) The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868 , shall apply to the Minister as if his name were included in the first column of the Schedule to that Act, and as if he or a secretary of the Ministry or any person authorised by him to act on his behalf were...
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