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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule a local supervising authority may, following an appropriate investigation (which is to include, where appropriate, seeking the views of the midwife concerned), suspend from practice3/4\n(a) a midwife against whom it has reported a case for investigation to the Council, pending the outcome of the Council’s investigation; or\n(b) a midwife who has been referred to a Practice Committee of the Council, pending the outcome of that referral.\n(2) Where it exercises its power to suspend a midwife from practice, a local supervising authority shall—\n(a) immediately notify the midwife concerned in writing of the decision to suspend her and the reason for the suspension, and supply her with a copy of the documentation which it intends to submit to the Council in accordance with sub-paragraph (b); and thereafter\n(b) immediately report to the Council in writing any such suspension, the reason for that suspension and details of the investigation carried out by the local supervising authority that led to that suspension.\n(3) The Practice Committee to which the midwife concerned is referred by the Council must consider whether or not to make an interim suspension order or interim conditions of practice order in respect of the midwife concerned.\n(4) Unless that Practice Committee makes an interim suspension order the local supervising authority must revoke the suspension once the Committee has determined whether or not to make an interim suspension order.\n(5) If the Practice Committee does make an interim suspension order but that order is subsequently revoked, the local supervising authority must revoke their suspension.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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