{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/36",
  "legislation_title": "Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Constitution of Central Council.",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a corporate body known as the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.\n(2) The Council shall consist of such number of members, not greater than 60, and a multiple of three, as is proposed and approved in accordance with section 2 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992.\n(3) Two-thirds of the members of the Council shall be appointed by the Secretary of State on being elected under the electoral scheme (“elected members”).\n(4) Appointments otherwise than for the purposes of subsection (3) shall be made by the Secretary of State from among persons who—\n(a) are registered nurses, midwives, health visitors or medical practitioners, or\n(b) have such qualifications and experience in education or other fields as, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, will be of value to the Council in the performance of its functions.\n(5) In making appointments for the purposes of subsection (4), the Secretary of State shall have especially in mind—\n(a) the need to secure that the members of the Council include registered nurses, midwives and health visitors and persons living or working in each part of the United Kingdom, and\n(b) the need to secure that qualifications and experience in the teaching of nursing, midwifery and health visiting are adequately represented on the Council.\n(6) The Council shall have a president and a vice-president appointed by the Council from among its members.\n(7) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution and administration etc. of the Council.\n(8) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person appointed as a replacement for an elected member shall be treated as an elected member.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(2)-(8) substituted (1. 4. 1993) for s. 1(2)-(7) by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 (c. 16), s. 1(1); S.I 1993/588, art.2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:16.298557+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}