The London Authorities (Health and Welfare Services) Order 1964

Midwives

6.—(1) With effect from 1st April 1965 section 11 of the Midwives Act 1951 (prohibition of unqualified persons acting as maternity nurses for gain) shall apply throughout Greater London.

(2) Any notice given by a certified midwife under section 15 of the Midwives Act 1951 to any local supervising authority which is abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the Act or to the county councils of Hertfordshire, Essex, Surrey or Kent and in force immediately before 1st April 1965 shall have effect thereafter as a like notice given to the local supervising authority of every area including any part of the area of the authority to whom the notice was originally given.

(3) Where any midwife has been suspended from practice by any local supervising authority or county council mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph and such suspension is in force immediately before 1st April 1965 the suspension shall continue to have effect thereafter as if the Act had not been passed, but may be terminated or extended in any area in which the midwife would, but for the suspension, be entitled to practise, by the local supervising authority for that area.