Nurses Agencies Act 1957

Nurses Agencies Act 1957[a]
Act of Parliament
coat of arms
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to agencies for the supply of nurses.
Citation5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 16
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent21 March 1957
Commencement21 April 1957[c]
Repealed
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byCare Standards Act 2000
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Nurses Agencies Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to agencies for the supply of nurses in England and Wales.[1][2]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 9(1) of the act repealed 2 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[3]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 17 Nurses Act 1943 Part II and, so far as relating thereto, sections sixteen and twenty.

Section twenty-one.

8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 6 Nurses Act 1945 The whole act.

Subsequent developments

Section 9(1) of, and the schedule to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[4]

The whole act was repealed by section 111(1) of, and schedule 6 to, the Care Standards Act 2000, which came into force on 1 July 2002 in England and 2 October 2003 in Wales.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 10(1).
  2. ↑ Section 10(2).
  3. ↑ Section 10(3).

References

  1. ↑ "Nurses agencies". Speller's Law Relating to Hospitals (7th ed.). London: Springer. 1994. ISBN 978-1-4899-7122-7.
  2. ↑ "[R]Nurses Agencies Act 1957 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Nurses Agencies Act 1957", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/5-6 c. 16
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  5. ↑ "Care Standards Act 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2000 c. 14
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