Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951

Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to midwives in Scotland.
Citation14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 54
Territorial extent Scotland[b]
Dates
Royal assent1 August 1951
Commencement1 September 1951[c]
Repealed1 July 1983
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byNurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 54) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to midwives in Scotland.

The Midwives Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 53) made similar provisions for England and Wales.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 36(1) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in part I of the second schedule to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 91 Midwives (Scotland) Act 1915 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 20 Scottish Board of Health Act 1919 In section four, in subsection (1), paragraph (c).
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 17 Midwives (Scotland) Act 1927 The whole act.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 30 Maternity Services (Scotland) Act 1937 The whole act.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 27 National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 In section twenty-three, subsection (1).
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 93 National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 In section twenty-nine, subsections (2) and (4).
14 Geo. 6. c. 13 Midwives (Amendment) Act 1950 The whole act.

Subsequent developments

Section 36(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[2]

The whole act was repealed by section 23(5) of, and the eighth schedule to, the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, which came into operation on 1 July 1983.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 38(1).
  2. ↑ Section 38(2).
  3. ↑ Section 38(3).

References

  1. ↑ "Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/14-15 c. 54
  2. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  3. ↑ "Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1979 c. 36
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