{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-1A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/253",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Membership: general",
  "text": "(1) The Council shall consist of—\n(a) registrant members, that is members who are registrants; and\n(b) lay members, that is members who—\n(i) are not and never have been registered nurses, midwives or nursing associates (and article 5(5) does not apply for these purposes), and\n(ii) do not hold qualifications which would entitle them to apply for registration under this Order.\n(2) The members of the Council shall be appointed by the Privy Council.\n(3) The Privy Council shall ensure that, at any time, at least one member of the Council lives or works wholly or mainly in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 1A, 1B substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1-11 (1.1.2009 as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 58904, published 5.12.2008)) by The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1485), Sch. 1 para. 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1A(1)(b)(i) substituted (28.1.2019) by The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/838), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 31"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1A(4)(5) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 51(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/253/schedule/1/paragraph/1A",
    "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."
}