Royal College of Nursing v DHSS (1981)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_College_of_Nursing_v_DHSS_(1981)
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gptkbp:instanceOf UK legal case
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Royal_College_of_Nursing
gptkb:Department_of_Health_and_Social_Security
gptkbp:citation [1981] AC 800
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1981
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Lord_Wilberforce
gptkb:Lord_Edmund-Davies
gptkbp:fullName Royal College of Nursing v Department of Health and Social Security (1981)
gptkbp:heldBy Nurses can lawfully participate in certain stages of abortion procedures under the Abortion Act 1967
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal College of Nursing v DHSS (1981)
gptkbp:judge gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:legalSubject abortion law
statutory interpretation
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Lord_Keith_of_Kinkel
gptkb:Lord_Roskill
gptkb:Lord_Diplock
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Interpretation of the Abortion Act 1967
gptkbp:principle Statutory interpretation should consider the purpose of the legislation
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Abortion_Act_1967
gptkbp:significance Expanded the interpretation of 'termination by a registered medical practitioner'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mischief_Rule
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7