Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
TRANSPORT AND WORKS
Made
25th September 2003
Laid before Parliament
3rd October 2003
Coming into force
1st November 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) and section 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992(2) and by the definition of “health care professional” in section 31(9A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992(3), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Health Care Profession (Designation No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003.
2. The profession of paramedics, being a profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999(4), by virtue of being regulated by the Health Professions Order 2001(5) is hereby designated as a health care profession(6) 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.
Hazel Blears
Minister of State
Home Office
25th September 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order enables, from 1st November 2003, paramedics registered under Part 8 of the register maintained under the Health Professions Order 2001 by the Health Professions Council to take samples under section 7 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and sections 31 and 38 of the Transport and Works Act 1992.
1988 c. 52: the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted by section 55(3) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30).
1992 c. 42; the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted by section 58(10) of the Police Reform Act 2002.
The definition of “health care professional” was inserted by section 58(3) of the Police Reform Act 2002.
S.I. 2002/254.
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.