{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anaesthesia-associates-and-physician-associates-order-2024/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/374",
  "legislation_title": "The Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anaesthesia-associates-and-physician-associates-order-2024",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“approved qualification” means a qualification approved under article 4(1)(a)(ii);\n“associate” means—\n(a)anaesthesia associate, or\n(b)physician associate;\n“case examiner” means a person who carries out case examiner functions under articles 10 and 13 on behalf of the Regulator;\n“court”, except in the terms “county court” and “relevant court”, means—\n(a)in the case of a person whose address is shown in the register, or would have been so shown if the person were registered, as being—\n(i)in Scotland, the Court of Session;\n(ii)in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, and\n(b)in any other case, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales;\n“Final Measure” means a requirement set out in article 10(10) and imposed under article 10(3)(b)(i) or (5)(b)(ii) or 14(3)(c);\n“fitness to practise proceedings” means proceedings and decisions which relate to consideration of whether a person’s fitness to practise as an associate is impaired;\n“Interim Measure” means a requirement set out in article 11(8) and imposed under article 11(1) or 12(4)(c);\n“the MPTS” means the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service established under section 1(3)(g) of the Medical Act 1983;\n“Panel” means a panel constituted pursuant to rules made under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 which has functions under this Order;\n“the register” means the register referred to in article 5(1)(a);\n“registrant” means a person registered under article 6;\n“the Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under paragraph 1(b)(i) of Schedule 1;\n“registration” means registration in the register and “registered” must be construed accordingly;\n“the Regulator” means the General Medical Council.\n“specified state qualification” means a qualification comparable to that as an anaesthesia associate or physician associate, granted in one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;\n(2) Any reference in this Order to—\n(a) fitness to practise being impaired is a reference to impairment by reason of—\n(i) inability to provide care to a sufficient standard, or\n(ii) misconduct;\n(b) a member of the Regulator is to a person appointed under paragraph 1A(2) of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) inserted (19.12.2024) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1379), regs. 1(2)(3)(e), 23(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 13.12.2024, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54. Section 1(3)(g) was inserted by article 2(1) of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/794)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 1(1) of the Medical Act 1983 provides for the continued existence of the General Medical Council."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A was substituted by paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 1 to the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774) and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 20 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/374/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:32:28.940541+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}