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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1764",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Midwives) Rules Order of Council 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification of intention to practise",
  "text": "(1) If a midwife intends either to be in attendance upon a woman or baby during the antenatal, intranatal or postnatal period or to hold a post for which a midwifery qualification is required she shall give notice in accordance with paragraph (2).\n(2) A midwife shall give notice under paragraph (1) to each local supervising authority in whose area she intends to practise or continue to practise 3/4\n(a) before commencing to practise there; and thereafter\n(b) in respect of each period of 12 months beginning on a date which the Council shall specify from time to time.\n(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the notice to be given under paragraph (1) may, in an emergency, be given after the time when she commences to practise provided that it is given within 48 hours of that time.\n(4) A notice to be given under this rule shall contain such particulars and be in such form as the Council may from time to time specify.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1764/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
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  },
  "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."
}