Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act 1921

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1921 c. 12


Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act, 1921

(11 & 12 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 12.

An Act to make further provision with respect to arrangements by local authorities for the treatment of tuberculosis.

[12th May 1921]

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:—

S-1 Further provision with respect to arrangements for treatment.

1 Further provision with respect to arrangements for treatment.

(1) Where the council of any county or county borough has, before the passing of this Act, made arrangements for the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis (including persons insured under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1920) at or in dispensaries, sanatoria, and other institutions in accordance with a scheme approved by the Local Government Board or the Minister of Health, that council shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have made adequate arrangements for the treatment of tuberculosis so long as such scheme, with such modifications, if any, as the Minister may on the application of the council from time to time approve, continues in operation.

In the application of this subsection to Wales an agreement made with the King Edward the Seventh Welsh National Memorial Association, and approved by the Welsh Insurance Commissioners or the Minister of Health, shall be treated as equivalent to a scheme approved by the Minister of Health, and an application made by that association with the approval of a council shall be deemed to be an application of the council.

(2) Where the council of any county or county borough fails to make adequate arrangements for the treatment of tuberculosis at or in dispensaries, sanatoria, and other institutions approved by the Minister, the Minister may, after giving the council an opportunity of being heard, make such arrangements as he may think necessary for the purpose of such treatment.

Any expenses incurred by the Minister in arranging for such treatment may be paid in the first instance by the Minister out of moneys provided by Parliament, and the amount of any expenses certified by the Minister to have been so incurred shall be paid to the Minister on demand by the council and shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.

This subsection shall not apply in the case of any council which at the date of the passing of this Act is deemed to have made adequate arrangements as aforesaid and which fails to continue to make such arrangements by reason only of the withdrawal of, or diminution in the rate of, the contributions made from the Exchequer before the passing of this Act to the councils of counties and county boroughs in aid of the treatment of tuberculosis.

S-2 After-care by councils of counties and county boroughs.

2 After-care by councils of counties and county boroughs.

2. Without prejudice and in addition to any other power, whether under this or any other Act, every council of a county or county borough shall have power to make such arrangements as they may think desirable for the after-care of persons who have suffered from tuberculosis (including persons for the time being insured under the National Insurance Act, 1911, as amended or extended by any past or future enactment), and the provisions of...

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