Part I
jointly, or an order applying to England and Wales only and made by the said Minister, or an order applying to Scotland only and made by the Secretary of State.
(5) An order under subsection (3) above may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order thereunder made by the authority who made the original order.
(6) The power to make orders under subsection (3) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Application of Part I to Isles of Scilly. 54. This Part, in its application to the Isles of Scilly, shall apply as if those Isles were a local government area and the Council of those Isles were a local authority.
Part II
The Employment Medical Advisory Service
Functions of, and responsibility for maintaining, employment medical advisory service. 55.—(1) There shall continue to be an employment medical advisory service, which shall be maintained for the following purposes, that is to say—
- (a) securing that the Secretary of State, the Health and Safety Commission, the Manpower Services Commission and others concerned with the health of employed persons or of persons seeking or training for employment can be kept informed of, and adequately advised on, matters of which they ought respectively to take cognisance concerning the safeguarding and improvement of the health of those persons;
- (b) giving to employed persons and persons seeking or training for employment information and advice on health in relation to employment and training for employment;
- (c) other purposes of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to employment.
(2) The authority responsible for maintaining the said service shall be the Secretary of State; but if arrangements are made by the Secretary of State for that responsibility to be discharged on his behalf by the Health and Safety Commission or some other body, then, while those arrangements operate, the body so discharging that responsibility (and not the Secretary of State) shall be the authority responsible for maintaining that service.
