The Nurses Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 15) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to nurses and assistant nurses for the sick in England and Wales.
The Nurses (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 55) made similar provisions for Scotland.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 34(1) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 94Nurses Registration Act 1919The whole act.6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 17Nurses Act 1943Sections one to six. Sections fourteen and fifteen. In section sixteen, subsection (1) and, except so far as it relates to Part II of that Act, subsection (2). Sections seventeen and eighteen. Section twenty, except so far as it relates to Part II of that Act. In section twenty-one, in subsection (1), the words from "and this Act" to the end. The Schedules.12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 73Nurses Act 1949The whole act.
Subsequent developments Section 34(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
The whole act was repealed by section 23(5) of, and the eighth schedule to, the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (1979 c. 36), which came into operation on 1 July 1983.
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