Nothing in section 182(2) of the Crimes Act 1961 (which relates to the causing of the death of a child in good faith for the preservation of the life of the mother) shall apply unless the operation is performed in an institution under the control of a Hospital Board under this Act or in any licensed hospital that may be approved for the purpose by the Director-General of Health upon his being satisfied that it maintains or uses adequate and independent counselling services and also procedures to ensure that all operations authorised are within the law and that the facilities for operation and after-care are satisfactory:

“Provided that nothing in this section shall apply in any case where by reason of the urgency of the case the life of the mother is likely to be prejudiced by the time occupied in conveying her to such an institution or licensed hospital.

Whenever any therapeutic abortion, or other operation that could lead to or effect an abortion or subsequent unnatural miscarriage, is performed, a record of that operation and the reason for it, but without the patient’s name, shall be made and forwarded within 1 month to the Director-General of Health.”