{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-and-associated-professions-knowledge-of-english-order-2015/article-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-and-associated-professions-knowledge-of-english-order-2015/article-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111130070",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-and-associated-professions-knowledge-of-english-order-2015",
  "path": "article/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Interpretation: “the necessary knowledge of English”",
  "text": "In Schedule 4 (interpretation), insert in the appropriate place—\n““the necessary knowledge of English”—\n(a) in relation to a person registered, or applying to be registered, as a nurse means a knowledge of English which is necessary for the safe and effective practice of nursing in the United Kingdom;\n(b) in relation to a person registered, or applying to be registered, as a midwife means a knowledge of English which is necessary for the safe and effective practice of midwifery in the United Kingdom;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 has been previously amended by S.I. 2002/2469, 2003/3148, 2007/3101, 2008/1485, 2011/1043, 2013/235, 2014/1887 and S.R. 2009/144 (Northern Ireland)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111130070/article/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:59.182732+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."
}