The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

Midwifery Committee

16.—(1) Subject to Part VIII of this Order, the Council shall by standing orders provide in respect of the Midwifery Committee for—

(a) its composition;

(b) the appointment of members;

(c) the quorum at its meetings;

(d) its procedure;

(e) standards for the education and training, attendance and performance of its members; and

(f) the performance of its functions.

(2) The standing orders shall, in particular, provide for—

(a) the Chairman of the Committee to be a member of the Council;

(b) the majority of members of the Committee to be practising midwives;

(c) the Council to have regard, subject to other provisions in this Order, when selecting non-Council members for the Committee to the guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

(3) No person who is a member of the Council or Midwifery Committee by virtue of his membership of any profession may take part in any proceedings of the Committee in any period during which he is the subject of any investigations, proceedings or a determination against him concerning his fitness to practise his profession.

(4) The powers of the Midwifery Committee may be exercised even though there is a vacancy among its members.

(5) No proceedings of the Midwifery Committee shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member.