# Nurses (Scotland) Act 1951 (repealed), Section 32: Supplemental.

Extent: S

In this Part of this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
“agency for the supply of nurses” means the business (whether or not carried on for gain and whether or not carried on in conjunction with another business) of supplying persons to act as nurses or of supplying persons to act as nurses and persons to act as midwives, but shall not include the business carried on by any county or district nursing association or other similar organisation, being an association or organisation—
(a)established and existing wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing patients with the services of a nurse to visit them in their homes without himself taking up residence there; or
(b)mainly or substantially supported by voluntary subscriptions and providing patients with the services of a nurse whether or not the nurse takes up residence in the patient’s house;
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“licensing authority” means the Health Board for the area concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14-15/55/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-scotland-act-1951-repealed/section-32
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