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the form of notice to any medical practitioner or midwife who may
apply for the same.
The penalty for failure to give notice as required by the Act
is, on summary conviction, not exceeding twenty shillings. No
penalty shall be incurred where a person satisfies the Court that he
had reasonable grounds for believing that the notice had been duly
given by some other person.
This notification is in addition to the usual notice required to be
made to the Registrar of Births; and where the Act is adopted,
the Medical Officer of Health must grant access to notices of birth
received by him to the Registrars of the district for the purpose of
obtaining information concerning births which may have occurred
in their sub-districts. The notification shall apply to any child
which has issued from its mother after the expiration of the twentyeighth
week of pregnancy, whether alive or dead.
If a local authority adopt the Act it must be by resolution passed
at a meeting of the Council; and one calendar month's notice must
be given before the meeting.
A resolution of adoption cannot take effect until it has received
the consent of the Local Government Board.
After consent of the Local Government Board, it shall be the
duty of the local authority to make the provisions of the Act known
to all medical practitioners and midwives practising in its district.
In London the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan
Boroughs are required to send a weekly list of all notices of births
received by them under the Act, to the London County Council.
The Local Government Board may by order declare the Act
to be in force in the area of any local authority if they think it
expedient.
After a resolution of adoption of the Act by a local authority,
it shall be published by advertisement in one or more newspapers
circulating in the district for the purpose of giving notice thereof
to interested persons. A resolution of adoption shall not come into