# Health Act 1999, Paragraph 8

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where an enactment provides, in relation to any profession, for any function mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) to be exercised by the regulatory body or any of its committees or officers, an Order may not provide for any person to exercise that function other than—
(a) a regulatory body for—
(i) a profession to which section 60(2) applies, or
(ii) social care workers in England, or
(b) the committees or officers of such a body.
(2) The functions are—
(a) keeping the register of members admitted to practice,
(b) determining standards of education and training for admission to practice,
(c) giving advice about standards of conduct and performance,
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2ZA) Where an enactment provides for any function mentioned in sub-paragraph (2ZB) to be exercised by the Health and Care Professions Council or another regulatory body, or any of its committees or officers, an Order may not provide for any person to exercise that function other than—
(a) a regulatory body for—
(i) a profession to which section 60(2) applies, or
(ii) social care workers in England, or
(b) the committees or officers of such a body.
(2ZB) The functions are—
(a) keeping the registers of social care workers in England of any description,
(b) determining standards of education and training required as a condition of registration,
(c) giving advice about standards of conduct and performance.
(2A) Where an enactment provides, in relation to any profession, for any function of administering procedures (including making rules) relating to misconduct, unfitness to practise and similar matters to be exercised by the regulatory body or any of its committees or officers, an Order may not provide for any person to exercise that function other than—
(a) a regulatory body for—
(i) a profession to which section 60(2) applies, or
(ii) social care workers in England, or
(b) the committees or officers of such a body.
(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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