The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2623
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 17th November 1998.

Section 2 Amendment of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Educational Policy Advisory Committee) Order 1983

In the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Educational Policy Advisory Committee) Order 1983 , in article 2(5)(c)(iii), for “mental handicap” substitute “learning disabilities”.

Section 3 Amendment of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Order 1983

In the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Order 1983 , in Schedule 1 (Parts of the Register), in each of the entries for parts 5, 6 and 14 , for “mental handicap” substitute “learning disabilities”.

Section 4 Effect on registration

Nothing in this Order shall affect—

(a) the continuing registration of a nurse who is registered in part 5, 6 or 14 of the register on the day on which this Order comes into force;

(b) the restoration to any of those parts of the register of a nurse who has been removed from that part; or

(c) the registration in any of those parts of the register of a person who would have been entitled to registration in that part if this Order had not been made, by virtue of being a nurse trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental handicap or, as the case may be, a nurse qualified following a course of preparation in mental handicap nursing.