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MIDWIVES ACT, 1944
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PART I. Preliminary and General. | |
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Short title and commencement. |
1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Midwives Act, 1944. |
[GA] | (2) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1945. | |
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Definitions. |
2. —In this Act— |
[GA] | the expression “the appointed day” means the day on which this Act comes into operation, namely, the 1st day of January, 1945; | |
[GA] | the expression “the Board” means the Central Midwives Board established by this Act; | |
[GA] | the expression “the former Board” means the Board administering prior to the appointed day the Midwives Acts, 1918 and 1931 (repealed by this Act); | |
[GA] | 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former roll” means the roll maintained by the former Board of persons certified under the Midwives Acts, 1918 and 1931 (repealed by this Act); | |
[GA] | the expression “local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941); | |
[GA] | the expression “maternity home” has the same meaning as it has in the Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934 (No. 14 of 1934); | |
[GA] | 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); | |
[GA] | the word “midwife” means a woman registered in the roll of midwives; | |
[GA] | the expression “midwife's badge” means a badge issued by the Board under rules made for the purposes of section 44 of this Act; | |
[GA] | the expression “midwife's certificate” means a certificate issued by the Board under section 31 of this Act; | |
[GA] | the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health; | |
[GA] | the word “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; | |
[GA] | 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; | |
[GA] | the expression “the roll of midwives” means the roll maintained by the Board under section 23 of this Act; | |
[GA] | the expression “rules made under this Act” means rules made under section 18 of this Act. | |
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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. |
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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. |
[GA] | (2) The Central Midwives Board Order, 1923, is hereby revoked. |