{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-order-2001/article-26C",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/253",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-order-2001",
  "path": "article/26C",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26C",
  "heading": "Exercise of Council functions by the Registrar or officers of the Council",
  "text": "(1) The Council may make rules providing for—\n(a) the Registrar; or\n(b) any other officer of the Council,\nto exercise the functions of the Council under articles 22, 26(2)(a) and 26B(1) whether generally or in relation to such classes of case as may be specified in the rules.\n(2) Where, by virtue of paragraph (1), rules provide for the Registrar or any other officer of the Council to exercise the functions of the Council under article 22(5), the referral of a case to the Fitness to Practise Committee shall be deemed to have been made by the Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 26A-26C inserted (11.12.2014) by The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3272), arts. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 26C(1) substituted (28.7.2017) by The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/321), art. 1(4), Sch. 1 para. 7(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 26C(2) substituted (28.7.2017) by The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/321), art. 1(4), Sch. 1 para. 7(b) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/253/article/26C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:15:34.256557+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."
}