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Appointment
and powers,
&c., of
Assistants.
Article XI.—(1.) The Sanitary Authority may, with Our Consent, appoint
and pay a legally qualified Medical Practitioner to act in the execution of
these Regulations, either in the place of, or as an Assistant to the Medical
Officer of Health.
(2.) The Sanitary Authority may also, with Our Consent, appoint or
employ and pay a person to act, under the direction of the Medical Officer of
Health, in the exercise of any such powers or in the discharge of any such
duties of the Medical Officer of Health under these Regulations as the Sanitary
Authority assign to the person so appointed.
Combinations.
Article XII.—A Sanitary Authority and a Local Authority, or two or more
Sanitary Authorities or Local Authorities shall act together for the purposes of
these Regulations in every case in which We, by Order, require any such
joint action.
In every such case these Regulations shall, in relation to each Sanitary
Authority, to each District of a Sanitary Authority, to each Local Authority,
and to each area of a Local Authority to whom and to which the Order
applies, have effect subject to such adaptations and modifications as are made
by the Order.
Determination
of
differences.
Article XIII.—(1.) If a difference arises in relation to any subject matter
of, or to anything done under these Regulations, the difference may, on the
application of all the parties affected, be referred to Us for determination.
(2.) It shall be at Our option to determine any such difference as
arbitrators or otherwise; and, if We elect to determine the difference as
arbitrators, the provisions of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, respecting
arbitrations by the Board of Trade, and the enactments amending those
provisions shall apply, as if they were re-enacted in these Regulations, and in
terms made applicable to Us, and to the determination of the difference.
(3.) Where We elect to determine any such difference otherwise than as
arbitrators, We may by Our Order determine the difference, and Our determination
shall be final and conclusive.
(4.) Every Order made by Us in pursuance of this Article shall have effect
as if the Order were enacted in these Regulations.
Powers to be
cumulative,
and to be
exercised
subject to
Customs
procedure
and cooperation.
Article XIV.—(1.) All powers given by these Regulations shall be deemed
to be in addition to, and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by
Regulations under the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907;
and those other powers may be exercised in the same manner as if these
Regulations had not been made.