§ (1) The Minister may sue and be sued in respect of matters, whether relating to contract, tort, or otherwise arising in connection with his office, by the name of the Minister of Ways and Communications, and may for all purposes be described by that name and shall be responsible for the acts and defaults of the officers and servants and agents of the Ministry in like manner and to the like extent as if they were his servants, and costs may be awarded to or against the Minister.
§ (3) For the purpose of acquiring and holding land the Minister for the time being shall be a corporation sole by name of the Minister of Ways and Communications and all land vested in the Minister shall be held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of the Ministry of Ways and Communications.
§ (5) Sub-sections (2) to (4) of Section eleven, and Sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section twelve of the New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916, shall apply to the Minister and the Ministry of Ways and Communications and to the office of Minister of Ways and Communications in like manner as they apply to the Ministers and Ministries mentioned in those Sections.
§ Lords Amendments:|
§ In Sub-section (1), leave out the words "Ways and Communications," and insert instead thereof the word "Transport."—Agreed to.
§ In Sub-section (3), leave out the words "Ways and Communications," and insert instead thereof the word "Transport."—Agreed to.
§ In Sub-section (5), leave out the words "Ways and Communications," and insert instead thereof the word "Transport."—Agreed to.