16Secretary body corporate

16 Secretary body corporate S. 16(1) amended by Nos 22/2019 s. 7(2), 15/2022 s. 20. (1) The person who is for the time being the Department Head of the Department and the successors in office of that person are a body corporate under the name "Secretary to the Department of Health". (2) The body corporate under subsection (1) by the name given to it under that subsection— (a) has perpetual succession and a corporate seal; and (b) is capable in law— (i) of suing and being sued; and (ii) of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and (iii) of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and suffer and that are necessary for or incidental to the purposes of this or any other Act.