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Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 (repealed)

Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 (repealed)

In forceThis text since 1 Aug 2004law://uk/ukpga/1997/24@2026-11-10

Version in force on

Where

EnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandWales

Contents

Registration
Financial provisions
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous provisions about midwifery
The Central Council
The National Boards and their relationship to the Central Council
Schedule 1 Constitution etc. of Central Council
Schedule 2 Proceedings before Council and Committees
Schedule 3 Adaptations for Northern Ireland and its National Board
Schedule 4 Consequential amendments
Schedule 5 Transitional provisions and savings
Schedule 6 Repeals and revocations
Table of derivations Notes:

Contents

Registration
Financial provisions
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous provisions about midwifery
The Central Council
The National Boards and their relationship to the Central Council
Schedule 1 Constitution etc. of Central Council
Schedule 2 Proceedings before Council and Committees
Schedule 3 Adaptations for Northern Ireland and its National Board
Schedule 4 Consequential amendments
Schedule 5 Transitional provisions and savings
Schedule 6 Repeals and revocations
Table of derivations Notes:

Registration

7The professional register.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

8Admission to register.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

9Deemed registration of visiting EEA nurses and midwives.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

10Removal from, and restoration to, register.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

11Cautions.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

12Appeals.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13False claim of professional qualification.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Financial provisions

17Finances of Council and Boards.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

18Accounts of Council and Boards.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Miscellaneous and general

19Central Council rules.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

20Community documents.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

21Visiting EEA nurses and midwives.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

22Interpretation and supplementary.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

23Consequential amendments, transitionals, repeals etc.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

24Short title, commencement, extent etc.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Miscellaneous provisions about midwifery

14Rules as to midwifery practice.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

15Local supervision of midwifery practice.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

16Attendance by unqualified persons at childbirth.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Central Council

1Constitution of Central Council.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

2Functions of the Council.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

3Standing committees of Council.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

4The Midwifery Committee.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The National Boards and their relationship to the Central Council

5Constitution of National Boards.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

6Functions of Boards.#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 1 · Constitution etc. of Central Council

Variation of membership

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Variation of electoral scheme

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Tenure of office of members and president et ceteralaetc.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Procedure

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Remuneration, allowances and pensions

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Documents

(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 2 · Proceedings before Council and Committees

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 3 · Adaptations for Northern Ireland and its National Board

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 4 · Consequential amendments

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (Statutory InstrumentS.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20))

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 5 · Transitional provisions and savings

General

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Claims against pre-1979 bodies

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 6 · Repeals and revocations

Table of derivations · Notes:

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Key facts

Type: Act · 1997 c. 24
Made by: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Extent: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

History · 1 version

1 Aug 2004Reading

Connections

Repealed by 1: The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003