Regulation 3 Amendment of enactments

after the definition of “the 1986 Order”, there shall be inserted the following definitions:

““the Central Council Register” means the Register maintained by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting under section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979;

“District Health Authority” and “Regional Health Authority” have the same meaning as in section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977(^f2);”; and

at the end of the definition of “educational establishment”, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

“(xi)

a college of nursing and midwifery or a college of health, established by a District or Regional Health Authority;”.

in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:—

“(aa)

in a case where the course leads to a qualification for registration in Part 10 of the Central Council Register and is provided by such a college as is referred to in paragraph (xi) of the definition of “educational establishment ” in regulation 2 of these Regulations, he is not employed by a District or Regional Health Authority; and”; and

in paragraph (3), for the words from “the Register” to the end of that paragraph, there shall be substituted the following:—

“the Central Council Register, unless—

(i)

that course is provided by an educational establishment within paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (v) or (vi) of the definition of “educational establishment” in regulation 2 of these Regulations; or

(ii)

that course leads to a qualification for registration in any of Parts 10 or 12 to 15 of that Register and is provided by such a college as is referred to in paragraph (xi) of that definition.”.