60Maternity and child welfare services.
Where in any district any services under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, are being provided by a council who are not the local education authority for elementary education for the district, and the Minister, on representations being made to him by the council who are such local education authority for the district, is satisfied that the transfer of the services to the council who are such local education authority would conduce to the more efficient administration in the district of the functions relating to public health and education, the Minister may, by order—
(a)withdraw his sanction to any arrangements made under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, by the council who are providing the services, and
(b)provide for the transfer of the services to the council who are such local education authority, and any such order may apply with the necessary modifications any of the provisions of this Act relating to the transfer of property and liabilities and the transfer, superannuation and compensation of officers.