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10 1944

MIDWIVES ACT, 1944

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title and commencement.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Midwives Act, 1944.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1945.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the appointed day” means the day on which this Act comes into operation, namely, the 1st day of January, 1945;

the expression “the Board” means the Central Midwives Board established by this Act;

the expression “the former Board” means the Board administering prior to the appointed day the Midwives Acts, 1918 and 1931 (repealed by this Act);

the expression “the former roll” means the roll maintained by the former Board of persons certified under the Midwives Acts, 1918 and 1931 (repealed by this Act);

the expression “local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941);

the expression “maternity home” has the same meaning as it has in the Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934 (No. 14 of 1934);

the expression “medical officer” means a medical superintendent officer of health for a county borough or a county medical officer of health (as may be appropriate);

the word “midwife” means a woman registered in the roll of midwives;

the expression “midwife's badge” means a badge issued by the Board under rules made for the purposes of section 44 of this Act;

the expression “midwife's certificate” means a certificate issued by the Board under section 31 of this Act;

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

the expression “proceedings for removal from the roll of midwives” means proceedings instituted under rules made for the purposes of section 25 of this Act;

the expression “the roll of midwives” means the roll maintained by the Board under section 23 of this Act;

the expression “rules made under this Act” means rules made under section 18 of this Act.

The local supervising authority.

3. —Every council of a county and corporation of a county borough shall be the local supervising authority for the purposes of this Act for the district consisting of such county or county borough.

Repeals and revocation.

4. —(1) The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(2) The Central Midwives Board Order, 1923, is hereby revoked.