HC Deb 06 August 1913 vol 56 cc1645-6

(1) Every insurance committee constituted or to be constituted under Section 59 Sub-section (1) of the principal Act shall be a body corporate by the name of the insurance committee for the borough (or county) of …, and every such insurance committee shall by such name respectively have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued, and (subject to the consent in every case of the Insurance Commissioners) have power and authority (without any licence in mortmain) to take, purchase, and hold land for the purposes of the principal Act and this Act.

(2) After the words "Provided that if the special circumstances of any county" in Section 61 Sub-section (2) of the principal Act, shall be added the words "or county borough."

Amendment made: Leave out Sub-section (2) and insert instead thereof,

"(2) At least one woman shall be on every sub-committee formed by an insurance committee for dealing with the administration of any benefit, and Section 59 of the principal Act shall be varied accordingly."—[Dr. Macnamara.]