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The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1983

S.I. 1983/668 · Made 28 April 1983

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NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS

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:—

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

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.

Signature

Norman Fowler

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

28th April 1983

Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979Subject 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 13Appeals
Section 14 False claim of professional qualification
Section 15Rules as to midwifery practice
Section 16Local supervision of midwifery practice
Section 17Attendance by unqualified persons at childbirth
Section 19 so far as not already in forceFinances of Central Council and National Boards
Section 21 so far as not already in forceDissolution of existing bodies
Section 22 Central Council rules
Section 23 so far as not already in forceInterpretation and supplementary
Schedule 3Proceedings before Central Council and committees
Schedule 5 Transitional provisions etc.
Schedule 7 Amendment of enactments
Schedule 8 Repeals

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) .