§ Where a vacancy occurs in the office of a medical officer of health or of a sanitary inspector of a county district in respect of whose salary a payment is made by the county council under this Part of this Act, the county council shall, during Any period in which a person appointed under either of the two last preceding sections to act as medical officer of health or sanitay inspector of the district so acts, pay to the council of the county district a sum equal to one-half of the salary of that person:
§ Provided that—
§ (i) if the Minister certifies to the county council that the person so appointed to act as medical officer of health has failed to send to the Minister such reports and returns as are for the time being required by the regulations made under this Part of this Act respecting the duties of medical officers of health to be so sent, or that he has failed to give to the county medical officer of health such information as he is required to give under section one hundred and thirteen of this Act, the said sum equal to one-half of the salary of that person shall be forfeited to the Crown, and shall be paid to the Exchequer and not to the council of the county district; and
§ (ii) where a county district is not wholly situate in one county, such proportionate part only of the sum otherwise payable as may be certified by the Minister shall be paid by the council of each county in which a part of the district is situate.—[Sir H. Young.]
§ Brought up, and read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.