The Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Speech and Language Therapists Board) Order of Council 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1855
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Speech and Language Therapists Board) Order of Council 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960.

Section 2 Extension of application of the Act to the profession of speech and language therapists

The Act shall have effect as if the profession of speech and language therapists were mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act, and accordingly the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if there were made the further alterations, additions or omissions specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1

Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if–

(a) in paragraph 1(1), for “twenty-seven” there were substituted “thirty”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “seven” there were substituted “nine” and for “three only shall be registered medical practitioners” there were substituted “four only shall be registered medical practitioners”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “nine” there were substituted “ten”;

(d) in paragraph 3(2), for “the professions of arts therapist, orthoptist and prosthetist and orthotist” there were substituted “the professions of arts therapists, orthoptists, prosthetists and orthotists, and speech and language therapists”; and

(e) after paragraph 3(5) there were added the following sub-paragraph–

(6) Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of speech and language therapists the said Ministers shall consult the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Section 2

Part II of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitution of the boards) shall have effect as if–

(a) in the table at the end of paragraph 4(1), under the line relating to membership of the Radiographers Board, there were inserted the entries set out below in relation to the Speech and Language Therapists Board–

(b) after paragraph 7(4B) there were inserted the following sub-paragraph–

(4C) Of the four members of the Speech and Language Therapists Board appointed in pursuance of the said paragraph (d)–

(a) two shall be members of bodies which represent the interests of employers of speech and language therapists;

(b) one shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of patients of speech and language therapists or of carers of such patients (or of both); and

(c) one shall be an educational psychologist.

(c) in paragraph 8(3), for “(2), (3), (4) or (5)” there were substituted “(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6)”.