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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 31

Power to prohibit disqualified persons from attending women in childbirth.

31.(1) Where the Council or the Disciplinary Committee removes the name of any
midwife from the roll of midwives, the Council may prohibit her from attending
women in childbirth in any other professional capacity.

(2) A woman aggrieved by any prohibition imposed on her under subsection (1)
may, within three months after the date on which notice that a prohibition has
been so imposed is served on her, appeal against the prohibition to the High
Court and the decision of the High Court shall be final.

(3) Any woman who contravenes any prohibition imposed under subsection (1)
shall, unless she satisfies the court that she acted in a case of sudden or
urgent necessity, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding #10.


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