Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964

PART I Constitution of the Council

1 The Council shall consist of:—

(1) four persons, who (subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Schedule) shall be registered persons and who shall be employers of persons engaged in hairdressing, or self-employed persons engaged in hairdressing, of whom two shall be appointed by the National Hairdressers Federation and two shall be appointed by the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers, Wigmakers and Perfumers ;

(2) four persons, who (subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Schedule) shall be registered persons and who shall be employees engaged in hairdressing, to be appointed by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers ;

(3) one person appointed by the President of the British Medical Association ;

(4) one person appointed by the President of the Royal College of Physicians of London ;

(5) five persons appointed (subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Schedule) by the members of the Council appointed under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph from among persons appearing to them to have had wide experience of, and shown capacity in, industry, commerce, administration, finance, or the practice of the law, or to have, in some other respect, special knowledge or experience that would be of value to the Council in the exercise and performance of its functions.

2 (1) The persons first to be appointed in pursuance of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall not be registered persons but shall be persons who at the passing of this Act are employers of persons engaged in hairdressing or persons self-employed in hairdressing or (as the case may be) employees engaged in hairdressing and shall be persons registered by the Hairdressers' Registration Council, that is to say, the company registered by that name under the [8 Edw. 7 c. 69.] Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908.

(2) The persons first to be appointed in pursuance of sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall be appointed by the Hairdressers' Registration Council from among persons appearing to it to have the qualifications mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

3 (1) Before the National Hairdressers Federation and the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers, Wigmakers and Perfumers proceed to appoint the Members of the Hairdressing Council under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule they shall consult together and shall ensure that not less than two of the persons to be appointed under the said sub-paragraph (1) shall be persons engaged in ladies' hairdressing.

(2) Not less than two of the persons to be appointed under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall be persons engaged in ladies' hairdressing.