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Article 2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The profession of paramedics, being a profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999f1, by virtue of being regulated by the Health Professions Order 2001f2 is hereby designated as a health care professionf3 for the purposes of—

(a)

the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992; and

(b)

the definition of “health care professional” in section 31(9A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 8; section 60(2) is amended by the Health Professions Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/254).

f2

S.I. 2002/254.

f3

Health care profession is defined in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and sections 31(9A) and 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 as any profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 other than the profession of practising medicine and the profession of nursing.