Section 2.
FIRST SCHEDULEConstitution and Proceedings of National Assistance Board.
1(1)The Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the National Assistance Board with a common seal and shall consist of a chairman, a deputy chairman, and not less than one nor more than four other members appointed by His Majesty by warrant under the Sign Manual.
(2)At least one member of the Board shall be a woman.
2Every member of the Board shall held and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his warrant of appointment.
3No member of the Board shall be capable of being elected to or of sitting in the House of Commons.
4Any person who has ceased to be a member of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment.
5The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the number of the Board.
6There shall be paid to the several members of the Board out of the Consolidated Fund or the growing produce thereof such salaries as may be determined by the Treasury at the time of their appointment respectively, so, however, that the aggregate amount of the salaries of the members of the Board shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand pounds per annum.
7The procedure and quorum of the Board shall be such as the Board may from time to time determine.
8The Board shall appoint a secretary and may appoint such other officers and such servants, and there shall be paid to them such salaries and allowances, as the Board may after consultation with the Minister of National Insurance and with the consent of the Treasury determine.
9The functions of the Board, and of the officers and servants appointed by the Board, shall be exercised on behalf of the Crown.
10The Board shall have power to acquire land for the purposes of their functions under this Act, and to dispose of any land held by them which is no longer required for those purposes.
11Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Board and to be sealed with the seal of the Board or to be signed by the secretary of the Board or any person authorised to act in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.