{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/section-13",
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  "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/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Appeals.",
  "text": "(1) A person aggrieved by a decision to remove him from the register , or to direct that his registration in the register be suspended,, or to remove or alter any entry in respect of him or by any decision under section 12(2A) or (2B), may, within 3 months after the date on which notice of the decision is given to him by the Council, appeal to the appropriate court; and on the appeal—\n(a) the court may give such directions in the matter as it thinks proper, including directions as to the costs of the appeal; and\n(b) the order of the court shall be final.\n(2) The appropriate court for the purposes of this section is the High Court, the Court of Session or the High Court in Northern Ireland, according as the appellant’s ordinary place of residence is in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland at the time when notice of the decision is given.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(1) inserted (1. 4. 1993) by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 (c. 16), s. 7(5); S.I. 1993/588, art.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.I. 1983/884, art. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/section/13",
    "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."
}