Midwives Act, 1944

Statement of receipts and expenditure of former Board, etc.

65.—(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Board shall publish a statement of the receipts and expenditure, including liabilities, during the year 1944 of the former Board and such statement shall be certified as correct by a local government auditor to be appointed for that purpose by the Minister.

(2) If the statement published by the Board under this section shows a balance against the former Board, section 22 of this Act (which relates to payments by local supervising authorities to the Board) shall apply in relation to such balance in like manner as if it were such a balance as is mentioned in that section.

(3) The Board shall send a copy of the statement published under this section to the Minister.

(4) The Minister shall determine the fee to be paid by the Board in relation to the certification in pursuance of this section by a local government auditor of the statement published under this section and the fee so determined shall be paid by the Board to the Minister and shall thereupon be paid into or disposed of by him for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance directs.