Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "certificate" means a certificate issued under section 18 ;
"chairperson" means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 4 ;
"council" means the Nurses and Midwives Council established under section 2 ;
"diploma" means a diploma issued under section 18 ;
"enrolled" means having the name entered in the roll under section 22 ;
"former council" means the council established under the Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Assistants Act, 1964;
"Gazette" means the Uganda Gazette and includes the Gazette Extraordinary;
"health unit" includes a private hospital, clinic, nursing home, maternity centre or other specialised establishment, as well as a Government unit of the same nature;
"midwife" means a person who is trained and qualified in the care of women in relation to childbirth and in the care of infants and who is registered or enrolled under section 23 ;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for health;
"nurse" means a person who is trained and qualified in the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and the care of the sick and who is registered or enrolled under section 23 ;
"register" means the register kept under section 22 ;
"registered" means having the name entered in the register under section 22 ;
"registrar" means the registrar of the council appointed under section 10 ;
"roll" means the roll kept under section 22 ;
"supervisory authority" means a person or body appointed to be a supervisory authority under section 46 ;
"traditional birth attendant" means a person recognised by her community as being able to assist women in childbirth.
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This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Interpretation”.
“In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "certificate" means a certificate issued under section 18;”
Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Interpretation”.
Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.
- (b) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 4;
- (c) "council" means the Nurses and Midwives Council established under section 2;
- (d) "diploma" means a diploma issued under section 18;
- (e) "enrolled" means having the name entered in the roll under section 22;
- (f) "former council" means the council established under the Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Assistants Act, 1964;
- (g) "Gazette" means the Uganda Gazette and includes the Gazette Extraordinary;
- (h) "health unit" includes a private hospital, clinic, nursing home, maternity centre or other specialised establishment, as well as a Government unit of the same nature;
- (i) "midwife" means a person who is trained and qualified in the care of women in relation to childbirth and in the care of infants and who is registered or enrolled under section 23;
8 further items remain in the statutory text above.
Express propositions in source-matched passages from judgments citing this section.
No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.
No section-specific amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.