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11E+W+SThe Board may appoint such officers and servants, on such terms as to remuneration and conditions of service, as the Board may, with the Secretary of State’s approval, determine.
12E+W+SThe Board may pay to its members and to the members of any committee appointed by the Board such [F1remuneration and allowances, and may make such provision for the payment of pensions, gratuities or allowances to or in respect of persons who have ceased to be members of the Board, as the Secretary of State may with the approval of [F2the Treasury] determine].
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F1Words substituted by Public Health Laboratory Service Act 1979 (c. 23, SIF 113:1), s. 2
F2Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2, 3(5)
13E+W+SThe Board shall exercise their functions in accordance with any direction which the Secretary of State may give to them but shall in the exercise of those functions be deemed for all purposes to act as principal.
14E+W+SThe Secretary of State shall pay to the Board, out of moneys provided by Parliament, such sums as may be necessary to defray the expenditure of the Board incurred with his approval.
15E+W+SAny sums received by the Board (otherwise than in exercise of their power under paragraph 2 above, or under paragraph 14 above) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
16E+W+SThe Board shall keep proper accounts and other records in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
17E+W+SThe Board shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary of State in respect of each financial year statements of account in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
18E+W+SThe Secretary of State shall transmit these statements of accounts on or before 30th November following the financial year to the Comptroller and Auditor General, who shall examine and certify them and lay copies of them together with his report on them before each House of Parliament.
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