1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part08 — Page 15

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Amendment of regulation 10.

Revocation and replacement of regulations 11, 12 and 13.

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Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following-

"(6) If any person fails on two or more occasions to pass the Board's examination she shall not be eligible to enter again for such examination unless she has undergone such period of additional training and instruction, not being less than six months, as the Board may have directed.”.

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Regulations 11, 12 and 13 of the principal regulations are revoked and replaced by the following new regulations-

"Preliminary 11. (1) For the purpose of performing the func- Investigation tions conferred upon it by these regulations, there shall be established a committee known as the Pre- liminary lovestigation Committee, consisting of—

Committee.

(a) one member of the Board elected by the Board, who shall be chairman of the Com- mittee; and

(b) two registered midwives who-

(i) are not members of the Board:

(ii) are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong: and

(ii) are appointed by the Director from a panel of at least six registered midwives nominated by the Hong Kong Midwives Association.

(2) No registered midwife in respect of whom the Board has made an order in accordance with paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1) of section 10 of the Ordinance shall be eligible for appointment by the Director to the Committee.

(3) Save as provided in paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), a member of the Committee shall bold office for twelve months but at the end of each such period may be re-elected or re-appointed, as the case may bce.

(4) If a member of the Committee appointed under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) becomes a member of the Board sbe shall cease to be a member of the Committee.

(5) (a) Where for any reason a person elected or appointed to the Committee under para- graph (1) is or will be unable temporarily

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to cxercise her functions as a member, an- other member may be elected by the Board or, as the cast may be, appointed by the Director from a panel of at least six regis- tored midwives nominated by the Hong Kong Midwives Association, to be tempor arily a member of the Committee.

(b) If the person so unable temporarily to exercise her functions as a member of the Committee was elected to the Committes under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) the person elected to be temporarily a mem‣ ber of the Committee shall be another mem- ber of the Board, who shall during the period of her membership of the Committee, be chairman of the Committee.

(c) If the person so unable temporarily to ex- ercise her functions as a member of the Committee was appointed to the Committee under sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph (1) the person appointed to be temporarily a member of the Committee shall be a regis- tered midwife who-

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(i) is not a member of the Board; (i) is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and

(ii) is included in a panel of at least six registered midwives nominated by the Hong Kong Midwives Association.

(a) at the time the membership of any person elected or appointed to be a member of the Committee under paragraph (1) terminates by virtue of paragraph (3) or (4); or (b) at the time the membership of any person elected or appointed to be temporarily a member of the Committee under paragraph (5) terminates,

the Committee is considering any complaint or in- formation under these regulations, then if such person is not thereupon elected or re-elected or, as the case may be, appointed or re-appointed, to be a member of the Committee, the membership of such person shall continue by virtue of this paragraph for the