Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992

General and supplementary

15 Transitional provisions

(1) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act (period of office of member of Central Council), where a person is a member of the Council immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, the appointment by virtue of which he is then a member of the Council shall have effect as an appointment for a period ending immediately before the day on which section 1 above is brought into force.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1979 Act (period of office of member of National Board), where a person is a member of a National Board immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, the appointment by virtue of which he is then a member of the Board shall have effect as an appointment for a period ending immediately before the day on which section 4 above is brought into force in relation to the Board.

(3) Where immediately before ceasing to have functions under section 6(1)(e) of the 1979 Act a National Board is investigating in pursuance of that provision a case of alleged misconduct, it shall, as soon as practicable after ceasing to have functions under that provision, notify the Central Council of the case and supply to the Council such information about its investigation of the case as the Council may require.

(4) In this section—

• “the Central Council” means the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting; and

• “National Board” means a body established by section 5(1) of the 1979 Act.

16 Amendments and repeals

(1) Schedule 2 to this Act (minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.

(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act (which include certain provisions which are already spent) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

17 Short title etc

(1) This Act may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992.

(2) In this Act “the 1979 Act” has the meaning given by section 1(1) above.

(3) This Act, except sections 2 and 15, shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions or different purposes of the same provision.

(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.