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(i) the discipline of members of the Health Service, and the penalties that may be imposed
upon them and other measures that may be taken against them for misconduct or if they
are inefficient or unsuitable or incapable of performing their duties or if they are
convicted of criminal offences;
(j) the suspension, retirement, resignation, discharge, abandonment of employment and
other termination of services of members of the Health Service;
(k) the transfer, secondment and appointment of—
(i) members of the Health Service to positions in an approved service; and
(ii) persons in an approved service to offices, posts or grades in the Health Service;
and the terms and conditions upon which such transfers, secondments and appointments
may be made;
(l) the conduct of investigations, inspections and examinations for the purposes of this Act;
(m) any other matter which, in the opinion of the Board, it is necessary or convenient to
prescribe in order to ensure the well-being and good administration of the Health
Service and its maintenance in a high state of efficiency.
(3) To the extent that regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may result in an increase
in expenditure chargeable on the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Board, through the Minister,
shall obtain the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance before they are enacted.
(4) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide that any enactment relating to
the conditions of service of members of the Public Service shall apply to or in respect of any
members of the Health Service, subject to such modifications, exceptions or conditions as may be
specified in the regulations, and thereupon the enactment concerned shall so apply to or in respect
of those members of the Health Service.
(5) If, after an enactment has been made applicable to any members of the Health Service as
provided in subsection (4), the enactment concerned is amended, the amendment shall also apply
to or in respect of the members concerned unless the Board provides in regulations that it shall
not apply.
27 Regulatory powers of Minister
Subject to this Act, the Minister, in consultation with the Board, may make regulations for—
(a) the furnishing of statistics and information for the purposes of this Act;
(b) the privileges of recognised associations and organisations;
(c) the recognition and revocation of recognition of recognised associations and
organisations and the criteria for such recognition or revocation;
(d) any other matter, other than a matter referred to in section 26, which by this Act is
required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in the Minister’s opinion, is necessary
or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
28 Amendment of section 3 of Cap. 1:01
Section 3 of the Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:01] is amended by the insertion in subsection
(3) of the following definitions—
““Health Service” means the Health Service constituted in terms of section 9 of the Health
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