{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/section-21.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/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Dissolution of existing bodies, etc.",
  "text": "(1) The following bodies are dissolved by virtue of this subsection—\nthe General Nursing Council for England and Wales;\nthe General Nursing Council for Scotland;\nthe Central Midwives Board;\nthe Central Midwives Board for Scotland;\nthe Northern Ireland Council for Nurses and Midwives; and\nthe Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors;\nand the Health Visiting and Social Work (Training) Act 1962 (which established the last-mentioned Council and also another body not dissolved by this Act) has effect accordingly.\n(2) All those persons who at the passing of this Act hold office as members of—\nthe General Nursing Council for England and Wales;\nthe General Nursing Council for Scotland; or\nthe Northern Ireland Council for Nurses and Midwives,\nshall continue in that office until the Council’s dissolution.\n(3) Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act has effect in connection with the transfer to the Central Council and the National Boards of the staff, property, rights and liabilities of the bodies mentioned in subsection (1); and Part II of that Schedule has effect with respect to the disposal of disciplinary proceedings begun before subsection (1) comes into force.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; and accordingly the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work Order 1977 is revoked so far as it extends the functions of that Council to include social work required in services provided under the enactments specified in the Order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.S.) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 21(4) repealed (E.W.S.) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words amend Health Visiting and Social Work (Training) Act 1962 (c. 33), s. 3(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1962 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1240."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/section/21",
    "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."
}