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Section 12. Bye-laws by the Council

(1) The Council may make bye-laws not inconsistent with this Act or any other law,-

(a) for regulating the compilation, maintenance and publication of the Register;

(b) for regulating and supervising the practice of their profession by the registered nurses, midwives, 1[auxiliary nurse-midwives and health visitors];

(c) for regulating the publication of the names of registered nurses, midwives, 1[auxiliary nurse-midwives and health visitors], and their residences;

(d) for prescribing the rates of fees to be charged for 2[XXX] registration;

(e) for regulating the summoning of meetings of the Council and its proceedings; and

(f) for regulating the expenditure of the Council and providing for the audit thereof.

(2) No bye-law made by the Council shall come into force until it has been confirmed by the State Government with or without modification or amendment.

(3) Every such bye-law shall, when so confirmed, be published.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.