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Midwives (Registration and Disciplinary
[1969 Ed.
Procedure) Regulations.
[Subsidiary]
Postponement of judgment.
Notice of determination of judgment.
(iii) if the Board rejects the submission the chairman shall call upon the defendant to state her case;
(e) the defendant, or her representative, may then adduce evidence in support of her case and may address the Board:
Provided that, except with leave of the Board, only one address may be made under this paragraph, and where evidence has been adduced by or on behalf of the defendant such address may be made either before or after such evidence has been adduced;
(f) at the conclusion of the case of the defendant, the complainant or his solicitor or counsel or, in their absence, the secretary, may address the Board in reply, but only if evidence has been adduced by or on behalf of the defendant other than by her own evidence; or with the leave of the Board.
26. (1) At the conclusion of the proceedings the Board shall consider and determine whether to postpone judgment.
(2) If the Board decides to postpone judgment, the judgment of the Board shall stand postponed until such future meeting of the Board as the Board may decide, and the chairman shall announce the decision of the Board in such terms as the Board may approve.
(3) If the Board decides not to postpone judgment, the Board shall consider and determine whether the facts alleged in any charge before the Board have been proved to its satisfaction and whether the defendant is guilty of the matter charged.
(4) When the Board has come to its decision under paragraph (3), the chairman shall announce the decision of the Board in such terms as the Board shall approve.
27. (1) Where under the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 26, the judgment of the Board in respect of a charge stands postponed to a future meeting of the Board, the secretary, not less than one week before the date fixed for such future meeting, shall, in the manner prescribed in paragraph (4) of regulation 15, serve on the defendant a notice specifying the date, time and place fixed for the meeting of the Board and inviting her to appear at such meeting.
(2) If there is a complainant in respect of the charge, a copy of the notice shall be sent to such complainant.
(3) The Board shall then consider and determine its judgment and the chairman shall announce the decision of the Board in such terms as the Board may approve.