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Transfer of special powers of existing board.
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15.—(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this section, every power, right, privilege, or authority conferred on or vested in the existing board by or under any contract, agreement, or licence and in existence immediately before the appointed day shall, on the appointed day and in so far as it is to be exercised in or in relation to a new district or the joint district which is coterminous with or includes a new district, become and be transferred to and vested in and shall thenceforth be exercisable by by the board of health for such new district.
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(2) Where the existing board is a board of health and public assistance this section shall not operate to transfer any power, right, privilege, or authority conferred on or vested in the existing board in relation to the performance of its functions for the relief of the poor.
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(3) If any doubt, dispute, or question shall arise whether any particular power, right, privilege, or authority is excluded by the next preceding sub-section of this section from the transfer effected by this section, such doubt, dispute, or question shall be decided by the Minister, whose decision thereon shall be final.
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