11Regulations may make provision—
(a)as to the appointment, tenure and vacation of office of chairman and members of Health Boards ;
(b)as to the delegation of functions to committees or sub-committees composed, as to a majority, of members of Health Boards ;
(c)as to the procedure of Health Boards, their committees and sub-committees ; and
(d)for the payment by Health Boards of subscriptions, of such amounts as the Secretary of State may approve, to the funds of such associations or other bodies as he may from time to time approve.
12The proceedings of a Health Board shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in membership or by any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.
13The Secretary of State shall pay to members of a Health Board, the committees and sub-committees thereof, such travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time, as he may, with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service, from time to time determine.
14Allowances shall not be paid under paragraph 13 except in connection with the performance of such powers or duties, in such circumstances, as the Secretary of State may determine.
15Payment under paragraph 13 shall be made at such times and in such manner, and subject to such conditions as to records, certificates or otherwise, as the Secretary of State may determine.
16A Health Board may by agreement transfer to the Hospital Trust any endowments or income referred to in paragraph 4(e) of Schedule 6 for investment and management on their behalf, subject to any terms or conditions set out in the agreement, notwithstanding any restriction on the powers of investment of such endowments or income.
17A Health Board may borrow from the Hospital Trust against their share in the capital of the Hospital Trust.
18The functions transferred to and exercisable by Health Boards under section 56 of the [1972 c. 58.] National Health (Scotland) Act 1972 (functions under the [1938 c. 73.] Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938) shall continue to be exercisable by them under this paragraph.
19The Secretary of State may, with any necessary modifications, by order apply any of the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the [1971 c. 75.] Civil Aviation Act 1971 to the case of a person who enters the employment of a Health Board after having been employed in employment to which the said paragraph 1 applies, and any such order may provide that for the purposes of any enactment specified in the order, or for any other purposes so specified, there shall be deemed to have been no break in the employment of any such person.