# Scottish Board of Health Act 1919, Section 9: †Short title, commencement extent, repeal, interpretation.


(1) This Act may be cited as the Scottish Board of Health Act 1919 . . .
(2) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.
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(4) In this Act the expression “Government department” includes the Scottish Insurance Commissioners, the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Board, and any other public department, and any Minister of the Crown acting as the head of a Government department. The expression “law agent” has the same meaning as in the Law Agents (Scotland) Act, 1873.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/20/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-board-of-health-act-1919/section-9
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