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SECTION 3 (1) (d) OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ACT, 1919.
On the 25th November, 1919, an Order in Council was made, under Section
11 of the Ministry of Health Act, 1919, fixing the 1st December, 1919, as the
appointed day for Section 3 (1) (d) of that Act. The terms of this section are
as follows:—
There shall be transferred to the Minister all the powers and duties
of the Board of Education with respect to the medical inspection and
treatment of children and young persons under paragraph (b) of sub-section
(1) of Section 13 of the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907,
as amended and extended by the Education Act, 1918. Provided that
for the purpose of facilitating the effective exercise and performance of
these powers and duties, the Minister may make arrangements with the
Board of Education respecting the submission and approval of schemes of
local education authorities and the payment of grants to local education
authorities, so far as such schemes and payment relate to or are in respect
of medical inspection and treatment; and the powers and duties of the
Minister may, under any such arrangements be exercised and performed
by the Board on his behalf and with his authority under such conditions
as he may think fit.
The Minister of Health has decided to exercise his discretion under this
section to make arrangements with the Board of Education respecting the
submission and approval of schemes of local education authorities and the payment
of grants to local education authorities, so far as such schemes and payments
are related to or are in respect of medical inspection and treatment.
Under these arrangements—
(1) The Minister of Health will retain the ultimate right to
determine—
(a) What is necessary in regard to the work of medical inspection
and medical treatment: and
(b) The standards to be adopted from time to time in regard to
the character, adequacy and efficiency of the provision
made.
Under this arrangement effective control, both of the work which is
done and of the way in which it is done, will be in the hands of the Minister.
(?) Subject thereto, the Board of Education will be responsible for
receiving and approving, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, all schemes
of local education authorities and for the payment of grants in aid of
medical inspection and treatment, and will exercise in this regard the
powers and duties of the Minister of Health.