Article 1 Citation and commencement
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017.
(2)
The following provisions come into force on 31st March 2017—
(a)
this article and article 2;
(b)
paragraphs 1, 2(b), 13(d)(ii), (f), (g) and (h), 16(b), 18, 19(a), (d) and (e), 20 and 21(b) of Schedule 1;
(c)
Schedule 2 (except for paragraph 7(b)).
(3)
Paragraph 4(b) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 come into force on 31st March 2017 for the purposes of making rules.
(4)
The remaining provisions come into force on 28th July 2017.