# Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, Section 3: Standing committees of Council

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

(1) The Secretary of State shall by order constitute as standing committees of the Council a Midwifery Committee and a Finance Committee.
(2) The Council shall consult the Finance Committee on all financial matters.
(3) If the Council (having regard to the duty imposed by section 2(6)) requests him to do so,the Secretary of State may by order constitute other standing committees of the Council and (to the extent prescribed by the order) require the Council to consult them on, or empower them to discharge functions of the Council with respect to, other matters [. . .
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(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(4) An order constituting a standing committee of the Council—
(a) may provide for persons who are not members of the Council to be appointed as members of that committee; and
(b) shall provide for a majority on the committee to be persons who work or have worked in the professional field with which it is primarily concerned.

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