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2. To investigate charges of malpractice, misconduct,
etc., and report thereon to the Central Board.
3. To suspend from practice any midwife where necessary
in order to prevent infection or for other causes provided in the
Act.
4. To supply lists of persons practising to the Central
Board, also the death of any midwife, or change of address.
5. To give due notice of the effect of the Act.
Delegation of Powers to District Councils.—A
County Council may delegate, with or without restrictions, any
powers or duties conferred or imposed upon them in pursuance
of this Act.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1903.—
An Act to amend the law relating to the housing of the working
classes, August 14th, 1903.
This Act contains many provisions, the most important
of which are :—
(a) The extension of the period for which loans may
be granted for the purpose of the housing of the
working classes to eighty years.
(b) The greater facilities given to obtain the speedy
closing of premises which in the opinion of the
Local Authority are not reasonably capable of
being made fit for human habitation, or in such a
state that the occupation thereof should be immediately
discontinued.
By this Act, in such cases, an application may be made to
a Justice of the Peace for a Closing Order without giving notice
to the owner or occupier as prescribed in the Act of 1890.
EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ACT, 1903.—By this
Enactment the Vaccination Act of 1898, a temporary Act
expiring on the 31st December, 1903, is continued until
December 31st, 1904.