26. Any question which may arise between an English local authority and a Scottish local authority as to the rights and liabilities of either authority under these Regulations in relation to a person in the employment of a local authority within the meaning of the Scottish Act who has previously been in the employment of a local authority within the meaning of the English Act or a person in the employment of a local authority within the meaning of the English Act who has previously been in the employment of a local authority within the meaning of the Scottish Act shall be determined in the former case by the Secretary of State and in the latter case by the Minister of Health.