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(5) During the month of January of each year to supply the Secretary of
the Central Midwives Board with the names and addresses of all
midwives who, during the preceding year, have notified their intention
to practise within their area, and to keep a current copy of the roll of
midwives, accessible at all reasonable times for public inspection.
(6) To report at once to the Central Midwives Board the death of any
midwife or any change in the name or address of any midwife in
their area, so that the necessary alteration may be made in the roll.
(7) To give due notice of the effect of the Act, so far as practicable, to
persons at present using the title of midwife.
The local supervising authority may delegate, with or without any restrictions
or conditions as they may think fit, any powers or duties conferred or
imposed upon them by or in pursuance of this Act, to a committee appointed
by them, and consis ing either wholly or partly of members of the Council,
and the provisions of sub-sections one and two of section eighty-two of the
Local Government Act, 1888, shall apply to every Committee appointed under
ihis section and to every Council appointing the same, and women shall be
eligible to serve on any such Committees.
9.—A County Council may delegate, with or without any restrictions or
conditions as they may think fit, any powers or duties conferred or imposed
upon them by or in pursuance of this Act, to any District Council within
the area of the County, and the powers and duties so delegated may be
exercised by a Committee appointed by such District Council and consisting
either wholly or partly of members of the District Council, and women shall
be eligible to serve on any such Committee. Any expenses incurred by a
District Council in the execution of any powers or duties so delegated shall, to
an amount not exceeding such sum as may be prescribed by the County Council,
be repaid to such District Council as a debt by the County Council, and any
excess above the sum so prescribed shall be borne by the District Council as
part of their ordinary expenses.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the administrative County of
London in like manner as if each Metropolitan Borough were a County District
and the Borough Council were the District Council of that district.
10.—Every woman certified under this Act shall before holding herself out
as a practising midwife, or commencing to practise as a midwife, in any area,
give notice in writing of her intention so to do to the local supervising
authority, or to the body to whom for the time being the powers and duties of
the local supervising authority shall have been delegated under this Act, and
shall give a like notice in the month of January in every year thereafter during
which she continues to practice in such area.
Such notice shall bo given to the local supervising authority of the area
within which such woman usually resides or carries on her practice, and the
like notice shall be given to every other local supervising authority or delegated
body within whose area such woman at any time practises or acts as a midwife,
within forty-eight hours at the latest after she commences so to practise or act.
Every such notice shall contain such particulars as may be required by the
rules under this Act to secure the identification of the person giving it; and if