LegalizeThe Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1983
Made: 28th April 1983
In exercise of the power conferred on me by section 24(2) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, I hereby make the following order:—
1
This order may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1983 .
2
The day appointed for the coming into operation of any provision of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 specified in the first column of the Schedule to this order which relates to the matter specified in the first in relation to that provision in the second column of that Schedule shall be 1st July 1983.
SCHEDULE
| Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Section 2 | Functions of Central Council |
| Section 4 | Midwifery Committee |
| Section 6 | Functions of National Boards |
| Section 9 | Local training committees |
| Section 10 | Professional register |
| Section 11 | Admission to register |
| Section 12 | Removal from, and restoration to, register |
| Section 13 | Appeals |
| Section 14 | False claim of professional qualification |
| Section 15 | Rules as to midwifery practice |
| Section 16 | Local supervision of midwifery practice |
| Section 17 | Attendance by unqualified persons at childbirth |
| Section 19 so far as not already in force | Finances of Central Council and National Boards |
| Section 21 so far as not already in force | Dissolution of existing bodies |
| Section 22 | Central Council rules |
| Section 23 so far as not already in force | Interpretation and supplementary |
| Schedule 3 | Proceedings before Central Council and committees |
| Schedule 5 | Transitional provisions etc. |
| Schedule 7 | Amendment of enactments |
| Schedule 8 | Repeals |
Signed
Norman Fowler — One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State — 28th April 1983
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into operation those remaining provisions of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 for which no date has been appointed by previous commencement orders. The main provisions covered by the Order concern:—
- (a) the functions of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and the National Boards for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting ( sections 2 and 6) ;
- (b) the dissolution of the existing nursing bodies (section 21) ;
- (c) the professional register ( section 10) ;
- (d) removal from the register ( section 12) ; and
- (e) offences ( sections 14 and 17) .
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