# Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An Act to establish a Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, and National Boards for the four parts of the United Kingdom; to make new provision with respect to the education, training, regulation and discipline of nurses, midwives and health visitors and the maintenance of a single professional register; to amend an Act relating to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work; and for purposes connected with those matters.
[4th April 1979]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/introduction
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