Nurses and Midwives Act 2011

Removal of registration for failure to pay fee.

77.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a registered nurse or registered midwife fails to pay an appropriate fee required to be paid by the nurse or midwife notwithstanding that a reminder notice to pay the fee has been sent to the nurse or midwife at the nurse’s or midwife’s registered address, the Board may, not earlier than 28 days after that reminder has been sent, remove the nurse’s or midwife’s registration.

(2) The Board shall not exercise its power under subsection (1) in the case of a registered nurse or registered midwife the subject of—

(a) an application for an inquiry under Part V of the Act of 1985 which has not been considered or completed, or

(b) a complaint which has not been disposed of or otherwise dealt with under Part 7 and, if applicable, Parts 8 and 9 .