Section 7: SubJ. ect to any directions, specific or general, of the Powers of

Council Secretary of State, the Council may- (a) enter into contracts and do all things necessary for or incidental to the purposes of this Ordinance; (b) acquire and hold moveable or immoveable property and, subject also to the provisions of section 18, alienate, mortgage, charge, demise or otherwise deal with such property; (c) borrow at interest, on the security of any corporate land or funds of the Council, such moneys as the Council may from time to time think necessary or expedient for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance; (d) from time to time invest the funds of the Council in such manner and to such extent as the Council rnay think necessary or expedient; (e) appoint and fix the salaries and terms of appointment of and dismiss servants of the Council: Provided that no person shall be appointed to an office declared to be a pensionable office under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 20 of this Ordinance on terms which are inconsistent with the provisions of section 20 of this Ordinance; (j) delegate to the Secretary all or any part of the powers conferred upon the Council by that portion of paragraph (e) of this section which relates to the appointment of servants of the Council: Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall authorise the delegation to the Secretary of the power to appoint any person as a servant of the Council to a post of which the annual Appointment of Committees and persons to advise the salary exceeds three hundred pounds or, if the appointment contains provision for increase in salary, which provides for maximum annual salary exceeding three hundred pounds. 8. {l) The Council shall appoint from among the members thereof a Standing Scientific Committee of which the duties shall be as follows- (i) to submit to the Council annually- (a) advice as to the programme of research to be conducted under the auspices of the Council; (b) a report on the progress of research conducted under the auspices of the Council; (ii) to carry out such other duties as may from time to time be determined by the Council. (2) The Council may from time to time appoint such other committees, hereinafter referred to as " Committees of the Council," as the Council shall think fit, and the Council shall specify the duties and powers of any such Committee appointed under the provisions of this sub-section. Any such Committee may, if the Council thinks fit, include persons appointed from outside the Council. {3) Every question which comes before the Standing Scientific Committee appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-section {l) of this section or before any Committee of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present thereat, and, in so far as the procedure of meetings of the Standing Scientific Committee or any Committee of the Council is not prescribed by this Ordinance or by the Council, the standing Scientific Committee or any Committee of the Council may regulate its own procedure. (4) The Council may at any time appoint and terminate the appointment of any person to advise the Council on any aspect of medical research, but no such person shall be, or be deemed to be, a member of the Council: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall preclude a person so appointed from being nominated under the provisions of sub-section (4) or sub-section {5) of section 4, or from exercising the powers conferred by those provisions on the~ person so nominated. {5) The Council may at any time terminate the appointment of any person appointed from outside the Council to be a member of a Committee of the Council under the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section.