§ (1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act there shall be constituted for the purposes of this Part of this Act Commissioners (to be called the Insurance Commissioners), with a central office in London, and with such branch offices as the Treasury may think fit, and the Commissioners shall be appointed by the Treasury, and of the Commissioners so appointed one at least shall be a duly qualified medical practitioner who has had personal experience of general practice.
§ (2) The Insurance Commissioners may appoint such officers, inspectors, referees, and servants, for the purposes of this Part of this Act as the Commissioners, subject to the approval of the Treasury as to number, may determine, and there shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament to the Commissioners and to such officers, inspectors, referees, and servants, such salaries or remuneration as the Treasury may determine; and any ex- 741 penses incurred by the Treasury or the Commissioners in carrying this Part of this Act into effect, to such extent as the Treasury may sanction, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.
§ (3) The Insurance Commissioners may empower any such inspector to exercise in respect of any approved society or any branch of an approved society all or any of the powers given by Section seventy-six of the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, to an inspector appointed thereunder:
§ Provided, that any complaint or report as to any such branch as aforesaid made by an inspector under this Sub-section shall be communicated to the central body or other central authority of the society.
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(2) The Insurance Commissioners may sue and be sued, and may, for all purposes be described by that name, and shall have an official seal which shall be officially and judicially noticed, and such seal shall be authenticated by any Commissioner or the secretary to the Commissioners, or some person authorised by the Commissioners to act on behalf of the secretary.
§ In Sub-section (2), after the word "Treasury" ["expenses incurred by the Treasury or the Commissioners"], insert the words "(including the remuneration of valuers and auditors appointed by the Treasury)."
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(3) Every document purporting to be an order or other instrument issued by the Insurance Commissioners and to be sealed with the seal of the Commissioners authenticated in manner provided by this Section, or to be signed by the secretary to the Commissioners or any person authorised by the Commissioners to act on behalf of the secretary, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such order or instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.—[Mr. Lloyd George.]