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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 30

Prohibition of unqualified persons attending women in childbirth.

30.(1) Subject to subsection (2), [if a person other than

(a)a woman who is a certified midwife, or

(b)in a place approved in writing by or on behalf of the Department a man who
is a certified midwife],

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who, while undergoing
training to become a doctor, a midwife or a nurse, attends a woman in
childbirth as part of a course of practical instruction in midwifery
recognised by the General Medical Council or the Council, if the attendance by
that person is in accordance with the provisions regulating the course of
study of midwifery as recognised by the General Medical Council or the rules
relating to the training of midwives made by the Council.

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