Before making an order under this section, the Minister shall cause a local inquiry to be held, if he is requested so to do by any council who are represented on the isolation hospital committee.
A joint board constituted by an order under this section shall be a body corporate by such name as may be determined by the order and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and power to hold land for the purposes of their constitution without licence in mortmain.
A joint board so constituted shall be deemed to be a joint board constituted under section six of this Act and the provisions of this Act relating to joint boards constituted under that section shall apply accordingly, except that the order constituting the board shall not require confirmation by Parliament.