3E+W+SIn section 79 of that Act (purchase of land and moveable property) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Without prejudice to any other power of disposal, the Secretary of State may dispose of any land which he considers is no longer required for the purposes of any service under this Act and where he has delegated any of his functions with regard to the acquisition, management or disposal of land to a Health Board or to the Agency, any instrument in connection with the exercise of those functions shall be deemed to be validly executed by him if it is executed on his behalf by any officer of the Health Board or the Agency authorised by him for the purpose; and any instrument so executed shall, for the purposes of section 1(8) and (9) of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939, be deemed to have been executed by an officer of the Secretary of State duly authorised by him.”.