Public Health Act 1936

315 Existing isolation hospital committees to be dissolved.

(1) Before the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act, the Minister shall by order dissolve every hospital committee constituted under the Isolation Hospitals Acts, 1893 and 1901, and transfer the property and liabilities of the committee—

(i) if the committee consist wholly of representatives of a county council, or of a single local authority, to that council or authority; and

(ii) if the committee consist wholly of representatives of two or more local areas, or partly of such representatives and partly of representatives of a county council, to a joint board to be constituted by the order for the same local areas and consisting, in the first case, of members to be appointed by the local authorities for those areas and, in the second case, of members to be so appointed together with members to be appointed by the county council:

Provided that, if the committee request the Minister so to do, the Minister, in lieu of transferring their property and liabilities to a county council or joint board, may order their property to be disposed of, and, if the committee represent two or more councils or authorities, may order the proceeds of such disposal and the liabilities of the committee to be apportioned between the constituent councils and authorities as he may think fit.

(2) Before making an order under this section, the Minister shall cause a local inquiry to be held, if he is requested so to do by any council who are represented on the isolation hospital committee.

(3) A joint board constituted by an order under this section shall be a body corporate by such name as may be determined by the order and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and power to hold land for the purposes of their constitution without licence in mortmain.

(4) A joint board so constituted shall be deemed to be a joint board constituted under section six of this Act and the provisions of this Act relating to joint boards constituted under that section shall apply accordingly, except that the order constituting the board shall not require confirmation by Parliament.