[6. Other officers and employees---(1) There shall from time to time
 be appointed such Medical Officers of Health and Deputy Medical Officers
 of Health as may be required for the purposes of this Act, who shall be
 medical practitioners suitably experienced and qualified in community
 medicine.

   (2) There shall from time to time be appointed such Inspectors of
 Health as may be required for the purpose of this Act, who shall be
 holders of such qualifications as the Director-General may from time to
 time require.

   (3) There shall from time to time be appointed such other officers and
 employees of the Department as may be necessary for the effective and
 efficient carrying out of the functions of the Department.

   (4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, all appointments made
 under this section shall be made under the State Services Act 1962.

   (5) Any District Inspector or Official Visitor appointed for the
 purposes of the Mental Health Act 1969, in an honorary or part-time
 capacity, shall be appointed pursuant to and subject to the provisions
 of that Act, and shall not be deemed by reason only of that appointment
 to be employed in the service of Her Majesty for the purposes of the
 State Services Act 1962 or of the Government Superannuation Fund Act
 1956.]

       This section was substituted for the original s. 6 (as variously
     amended) by s. 4 (1) of the Health Amendment Act 1987.