Nurses Act, 1950

Continuation of rules and application of certain provisions of the Act of 1944.

77.—(1) Until rules are made in regard to any particular matter by the Board under this Act, the rules made or deemed to have been made by a dissolved body shall, as regards that matter and subject to any necessary modifications, have effect as if duly made by the Board under this Act.

(2) Until rules are made for the purposes of section 46 of this Act and for the purposes of sections 42 and 43 of this Act in so far as those sections relate to the midwives division—

(a) the grounds on which the removal of the name of a nurse from the midwives division may be recommended by the Committee shall be those set out at paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of section 25 of the Act of 1944 or any of them;

(b) the prescribed conditions for the purposes of section 42 of this Act shall be those set out at paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of subsection (1) of section 24 of the Act of 1944;

(c) registration under section 43 of this Act shall be governed by the conditions set out at paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of section 24 of the Act of 1944;

(d) the provisions of subsection (3) of section 24 of the Act of 1944 shall apply to the registration of a person in the midwives division; and

(e) the said paragraphs of sections 24 and 25 of the Act of 1944 and the said subsection of section 24 of the Act of 1944 shall for the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this section and no other purpose be deemed not to have been repealed by this Act.

(3) Pending the making of rules for the purposes of section 43 of this Act, nothing shall be construed as prohibiting the registration in the register of nurses in accordance with arrangements operated by a dissolved body and in force immediately prior to the establishment date, of persons who have undergone training and passed examinations outside the State.