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1965, No. 38 Act shall apply accordingly as if any such member were a member of a statutory Board within the meaning of that Act.

(2) In respect of travel in New Zealand the Council is hereby declared to be a statutory Board within the meaning of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

25. Insurance of members of Council and committees against personal accident while engaged in duties—The Council may from time to time enter into contracts of insurance of a type for the time being approved by the Minister insuring members of the Council, or of committees appointed by it, or of the Members Bodies Committee, against loss from personal accident arising out of and in the course of the exercise of their powers or duties as such members, and may pay the premiums payable in respect of those contracts.

26. Unauthorised expenditure—The Council may in every financial year, out of money not appropriated or held in trust for any special purpose, expend for purposes not authorised by any Act or law for the time being in force any sum or sums not amounting in the whole to more than one hundred pounds.

27. Annual report—The Council shall, not later than the thirtieth day of June in each year, furnish to the Minister a report of its proceedings and operations for the preceding financial year, together with a copy of its accounts for that year.

28. Reports to be laid before Parliament—(1) A copy of the annual report and accounts shall be laid before Parliament within twenty-eight days after the date of the receipt thereof by the Minister if Parliament is then in session, and, if not, shall be laid before Parliament within twenty-eight days after the date of the commencement of the next ensuing session.

(2) The Council may resolve that any special report on scientific matters shall be transmitted to the Minister, who may lay the same before Parliament within twenty-eight days after the date on which he receives the same if Parliament is then in session, and, if not, may lay the same before Parliament within twenty-eight days after the date of the commencement of the next ensuing session.

29. Benefactions to be strictly applied—Subject to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, all benefactions