National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973

[1951 c. 53.] The Midwives Act 1951

60 In section 11 of the Midwives Act 1951 (which prohibits unqualified persons from acting for gain as maternity nurses in any area on and after the date on which that section is applied to the area by an order under subsection (2) of that section), subsection (2) and the words from " on or after " to " therein " in subsection (1) shall cease to have effect

61 In section 23(2) of that Act (which provides that the Central Midwives Board may apportion between local health authorities any deficit disclosed in its annual accounts), for the words from " the local" to " being " there shall be substituted the words " Regional Health Authorities and Area Health Authorities of which the areas are in Wales, in such proportions as may be determined by the Secretary of State ".

62 Sections 26 and 27 of that Act (which authorise a local supervising authority to aid the training of midwives and to provide residential accommodation for pupil midwives) shall cease to have effect.

63 In section 29(2) of that Act (which provides for the payment of expenses of a prosecution for an offence under the Act), for the words from " council" to " borough " there shall be substituted the words " Regional Health Authority or the Area Health Authority of which the area is in Wales for the region or area respectively ".

64 In section 31 of that Act (which defines local supervising authority for the purposes of the Act), for the words " Every local health authority throughout England and Wales" there shall be substituted the words " A Regional Health Authority and an Area Health Authority of which the area is in Wales ", and for the words " area of the said authority" there shall be substituted the words " region or area of the authority ".