Section 4 Provision by the Secretary of State of health services.X1

The Secretary of State may provide such services and do such things as appear to him to be requisite for meeting the . . . F1 needs as to mental or bodily health, of persons of any description F2for whom the Secretary of State has power to provide accommodation under section three of this Act, including any such services and things as are specified in the National Health Service (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1972, as services or things which . . . F3 the Secretary of State, F4Health Boards, executive councils or other persons is or are authorised or required to provide or do, or may be authorised or required to provide or do, by or under that Act, and any services and things the provision or doing of which is within the duties of local authorities under the M1Mental Health (Scotland) Act, 1960.

The Secretary of State may make arrangements with any other government department or other authority or person for the provision of services or the doing of things under this section, on his behalf and at his expense, by that authority or person.

The expenses of the Secretary of State under this section shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.