Administration
16 Preference for ex-service men and women.
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The Minister shall so exercise his discretion in selecting persons for . . . F2 facilities under section fifteen of this Act at any time while it appears to him that they cannot for the time being be provided for all persons in need of them, . . . F2 as to secure that, so far as consistent with the efficient exercise of his powers, preference shall be given to persons . . . F3who have served whole time in the armed forces of the Crown or in the merchant navy or the mercantile marine . . . F4 . . . F5F6and whose disability is due to that service.
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For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, a disabled person’s disability shall be treated as due to service of a particular kind only in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
C1C2F917 National advisory council and district advisory committees.
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The Minister shall establish for the purposes of this Act—
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a national advisory council, which shall be charged with the duty of advising and assisting the Minister in matters relating to the employment, undertaking of work on their own account or training, of disabled persons generally; and
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for each such district in Great Britain as the Minister may determine, a district advisory committee, which shall be charged with the duty of advising and assisting the Minister in matters relating to the employment, or undertaking of work on their own account, of disabled persons in that district, and in particular of making recommendations and reports to the Minister on matters referred to the committee under this Act.
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The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the said council and committees.
18 Officers, etc.
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The Minister, with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers and remuneration, may appoint officers and servants to act for the purposes of this Act, and may, in lieu of or in addition to appointing persons under this section, arrange with any government department that officers or servants of that department shall act for the purposes of this Act.
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There shall be paid to officers and servants appointed under this section such salaries or remuneration as the Treasury may determine, and the expenses of the payment thereof, and any other administrative expenses incurred for the purposes of this Act by any government department, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.
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20 Regulations and orders.
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The Minister may make regulations for prescribing anything which under this Act is to be prescribed.
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Any regulations or order made by the Minister under this Act shall, as soon as may be after the making thereof, be laid before Parliament, and if either House of Parliament within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which any such regulations or order are or is laid before it resolves that the regulations or order be annulled, the regulations or order shall thereupon become void, without prejudice, however, to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new regulations or a new order.
In reckoning any such period of twenty-eight days as aforesaid, no account shall be taken of any time during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
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An order made under this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order.