# Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, Paragraph 1


For purposes of proceedings under section 12 before the Council or a committee in England and Wales—
(a) the Council or committee may administer oaths;
(b) a solicitor to the Council, and any person entitled to appear at the proceedings, may sue out writs of subpoena ad testificandum and duces tecum (but not so as to compel a person to produce a document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action); and
(c) section 49 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (subpoena valid throughout United Kingdom) applies as in relation to causes or matters in the High Court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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