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The Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) (No. 2) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/1860 · Made 19 July 2004

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HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS, SCOTLAND

NURSES AND MIDWIVES, SCOTLAND

Made 19th July 2004

Laid before Parliament 21st July 2004

Coming into force 11th August 2004

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 63 of the Health Act 1999f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 8.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Extent
  3. 3Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) (No. 2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 11th August 2004.

2Extent

This Order extends to Scotland only.

3Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995f1, in regulation 2 (interpretation and application), in paragraph (1) —

(a)

in the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Nursing and Midwifery Register” substitute “nurses' and midwives' professional register”;

(b)

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

the nurses' and midwives' professional register;”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

19th July 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the definitions of “independent nurse prescriber” and “supplementary prescriber” to replace an incorrect reference to the “Nursing and Midwifery Register” with a reference to the “nurses' and midwives' professional register”.