Section 3 Enforcement.
England and Wales
It shall be the duty of the licensing authority to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Any F1registered and qualified nurse or other officer duly authorised in that behalf by the licensing authority may at all reasonable times on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority—
enter the premises specified in any licence or application under this Act or any premises which are used, or which that officer has reasonable cause to believe are used, for the purposes of or in connection with an agency for the supply of nurses; and
inspect those premises and records kept in connection with any such agency as aforesaid carried on at those premises,
and no person shall obstruct any such officer in the execution of his duty.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words substituted by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36), s. 24(2), Sch. 7 para. 9
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (1.4.2003 for E., 2.10.2003 for W.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 111(1), 117(2), 122, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/3852, art. 3(8)(c) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 1) (as amended: (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/1493, art. 5 (with art. 4); (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1790, art. 2; (29.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/2001, arts. 2(2)(3), 3; (19.12.2002) by S.I 2002/3210, art. 2(2) (with art. 4); and (8.12.2005) by S.I. 2005/3397, art. 2); S.I. 2003/2528, art. 2(b)(c)
Act continued (W.) (2.10.2003) by The Nurses Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I 2003/2527), regs. 1(1), 30, Sch. 5 para. 1(2)