Public Works Loans Act 1944 (1944 c. 16)

1—3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F1] Ss. 1–3, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

4 Performance of functions of the Public Works Loans Secretary in event of illness, etc.

[F2] Words in s. 4 heading substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(2) (with art. 9)

(1) If and so long as it appears to the Treasury that the person holding office as the Public Works Loans Secretary (see section 6 of the Public Works Loans Act 1875) is through illness, absence or other sufficient cause unable to act, they may authorise any of his assistant secretaries to perform all or any of the functions of the Public Works Loans Secretary, and anything done by an assistant secretary in pursuance of any such authority shall have the same effect as if done by the Public Works Loans Secretary.

[F3] Word in s. 4(1) substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(3)(a) (with art. 9)

[F4] Words in s. 4(1) substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(3)(b) (with art. 9)

[F5] Words in s. 4(1) substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(3)(c) (with art. 9)

[F6] Words in s. 4(1) substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(3)(d) (with art. 9)

[F7] Words in s. 4(1) substituted (25.2.2020) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(3)(e) (with art. 9)

(2) Where anything is done by an assistant secretary ... in purported exercise of the powers conferred by this section, he shall be presumed, unless and until the contrary is shown, to have acted in pursuance of an authority duly given under this section ... .

[F8] Words in s. 4(2) omitted (25.2.2020) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(4)(a) (with art. 9)

[F9] Words in s. 4(2) omitted (25.2.2020) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 49(4)(b) (with art. 9)

5 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Public Works Loans Act 1944.

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[F10] Ss. 1–3, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)