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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 29

29.(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who, not being a midwife or a
nurse registered in the general part of the register, receives any
remuneration for attending as a nurse on a woman in childbirth or at any time
immediately after childbirth, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #10.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to

(a)any person who while undergoing training to become a doctor, a midwife or a
nurse, attends on a woman as mentioned in subsection (1) as part of a course
of practical instruction in midwifery recognised by the General Medical
Council or the Council;

(b)any person who attends on a woman as mentioned in subsection (1) in any
maternity home registered under [Part I of the Nursing Homes and Nursing
Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971] or in any hospital [vested in
the Ministry].

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