Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 (repealed)

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F1 Act repealed (prosp.) 1999 c. 8, ss. 60(3), 65(2), 67(1), Sch. 5, the repeal being brought into force as follows: 11.5.2001, to the extent that s. 10(5) and Sch. 1 para. 7(4) ceased to have effect by S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(2)(a); 1.4.2002, to the extent that ss. 1-8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17-20, 22 (in part), 24 (in part), Schs. 1-3 and Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2 are repealed, by S.I. 2002/1167, arts. 3(a), 5 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2002/253, arts. 1(3), 54, sch. 2 (with art. 3(18)) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the said S.I. 2002/253)

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Constitution etc. of Central Council

Variation of membership U.K.

1 (1) If the Secretary of State approves a proposal submitted to him by the Council with respect to the number of its members, he shall by order amend section 1 as he thinks fit for the purpose of giving effect to the proposal. U.K.

(2) The Secretary of State may not approve a proposal under this paragraph if the number proposed—

(a) is greater than sixty, or

(b) is not a multiple of three.

Variation of electoral scheme U.K.

2 (1) The Council may vary the electoral scheme with the approval of the Secretary of State. U.K.

(2) The Secretary of State may not approve a variation under this paragraph if it would have the effect of making anyone other than a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor living or working in the United Kingdom eligible to be elected in an election held under the scheme.

(3) The Secretary of State shall signify his approval of a variation under this paragraph by order.

Tenure of office of members and president etc. U.K.

3 (1) Appointment as a member of the Council shall be for a period prescribed by the Secretary of State by order. U.K.

(2) The period prescribed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above shall not be less than three nor more than five years.

4 (1) This paragraph applies where a person (“the former member”) ceases to be a member of the Council before the end of the period for which he was appointed. U.K.

(2) The vacancy left by the former member shall be filled by a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the remainder of the period for which the former member was appointed.

(3) If the former member was an elected member, the Secretary of State shall appoint under sub-paragraph (2) above a person nominated by the Council who shall have the same qualification for election under the electoral scheme as the former member had at the time of his appointment.

(4) If the former member was not an elected member, the Secretary of State shall, in making an appointment under sub-paragraph (2) above, have regard to the qualification by virtue of which the former member was appointed.

(5) In sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) above, references to an elected member include a replacement for such a member.

5 (1) Where a member of the Council or any of its committees is absent from meetings for more than six months consecutively or is disqualified from practising as a nurse, midwife or health visitor, the Council may by resolution declare that he has ceased to be a member. U.K.

(2) An elected member shall cease to be a member if he ceases to hold any qualification by virtue of which he was elected.

(3) A person appointed as a replacement for an elected member shall cease to be a member if he ceases to hold any qualification by virtue of which he was appointed.

6 U.K. If the president or vice-president ceases to be a member of the Council he shall also cease to be president or vice-president.

Procedure U.K.

7 (1) The Council may act notwithstanding—

(a) any vacancy among its members; or

(b) that by reason of one or more vacancies, less than two-thirds of the members of the Council are elected members (or their replacements).

(2) At any meeting of the Council the quorum shall be twenty members including, in the case of each part of the United Kingdom, at least one member living or working in that part.

(3) The Council may constitute committees of itself for the purpose of transacting particular business of the Council.

(4) Persons who are not members of the Council may be appointed by it as members of such committees; but not more than one-third of the members of such a committee shall be persons appointed by virtue of this sub-paragraph.

(5) The Council may, by means of standing orders, regulate its own procedure, that of its standing committees and that of any committees constituted under sub-paragraph (3) above, and may, to such extent and in such cases as may be permitted or required by orders of the Secretary of State or by its rules and standing orders, act through those standing and other committees.

(6) No defect in the appointment of any member shall invalidate any proceedings of the Council or of its committees.

Remuneration, allowances and pensions U.K.

8 (1) The Council may pay to its president such remuneration, and make such provision for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of him, as it thinks fit. U.K.

(2) The Council may pay to its members and to other persons appointed to serve on its committees such travelling and other allowances as it thinks fit.

Documents U.K.

9 U.K. A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Council or to be signed on its behalf shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed or signed unless the contrary is proved.

Section 10(8).

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Proceedings before Council and Committees

1 U.K. For purposes of proceedings under section 10 before the Council or a committee in England and Wales—

(a) the Council or committee may administer oaths;

(b) a solicitor to the Council, and any person entitled to appear at the proceedings, may sue out writs of subpoena ad testificandum and duces tecum (but not so as to compel a person to produce a document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action); and

(c) section 36 of the M1 Supreme Court Act 1981 (subpoena valid throughout United Kingdom) applies as in relation to causes or matters in the High Court.

Marginal Citations

M1 1981 c. 54.

2 (1) For purposes of proceedings under section 10 before the Council or a committee in Scotland— U.K.

(a) the Council or committee may administer oaths; and

(b) the Court of Session shall, on the application of any party to the proceedings, have the same such powers as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below as it has in an action in that court.

(2) The powers mentioned above are—

(a) to grant warrant for the citation of witnesses and havers to give evidence or to produce documents before the Council or committee, and for the issue of second diligence against any witness or haver failing to appear after due citation;

(b) to grant warrant for the recovery of documents; and

(c) to grant commissions to persons to take the evidence of witnesses or to examine havers and receive their exhibits and productions.

3 (1) The Central Council shall appoint assessors (either generally or for any particular proceedings or class of proceedings) to advise the Council or committees on questions of law arising in the proceedings. U.K.

(2) Assessors shall be—

(a) persons who have a ten year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the M2 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;

(b) advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least ten years’ standing; or

(c) members of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitors of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least ten years’ standing.

(3) The Council shall pay to assessors such remuneration as it may determine.

Marginal Citations

M2 1990 c. 41.

4 (1) The Lord Chancellor and, for proceedings in Scotland, the Lord Advocate may by order make provision with regard to the functions of assessors. U.K.

(2) In particular, provision may be made—

(a) requiring assessors, when advising the Council or any of its committees, to do so in the presence of the parties or, where advice is given in private, requiring the parties to be notified of the advice tendered by the assessors; and

(b) requiring the parties to be informed in cases where the assessors’ advice is not accepted.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2, para. 4: functions of the Lord Advocate transferred (S.)(19.5.1999) to the Secretary of State, and all property, rights and liabilities of the Lord Advocate in connection with such functions transferred to the Secretary of State for Scotland by S.I. 1999/678, arts. 2(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 7)

Sch. 2, para. 4: transfer of functions (S.)(1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1

Section 22(3).

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Adaptations for Northern Ireland and its National Board

1 U.K. In sections 5, 6, 17, 18, 19 and 22 and Schedule 2, as they apply to Northern Ireland and to the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland, there are made the adaptations provided for by this Schedule.

2 U.K. Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, in the provisions of this Act specified in column 1 of the Table set out below, for any reference specified in column 2 substitute the reference specified in column 3.

Table

Provision	Reference	Substituted reference
Sections 5(9)(e) and (f) and 18(6) and (7)	The Secretary of State	The Head of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.
Sections 6(1)(e), 17(1) and (3) and 18(1) and (2)	The Secretary of State	The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.
Sections 5(9)(e) and 18(1)(b)	The Treasury	The Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland.
Section 18	The Comptroller and Auditor General	The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.
Section 18(3)	Section 25 of the Companies Act 1989	Article 28 of the M3 Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990.
Section 18(7)	Each House of Parliament	The Northern Ireland Assembly.
Section 19(5) and Schedule 2, paragraph 4	The Lord Chancellor	The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 1990/593 (N.I. 5).

3 U.K. In section 5, for subsections (2) to (8) substitute—

“(2) The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland shall consist of—

(a) a chairman appointed by the Head of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland from among persons who are registered nurses, midwives or health visitors;

(b) such number of other members appointed by the Head of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland as that Department may specify by order;

(c) the person for the time being appointed in pursuance of subsection (7)(a) to be the chief executive officer of the Board; and

(d) any person for the time being appointed in pursuance of subsection (7)(b) to an office under the Board which is specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland by order.

(3) Appointments to the Board for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) shall be made from among persons who—

(a) are registered nurses, midwives or health visitors; or

(b) have such qualifications and experience in education or other fields as, in the opinion of the Head of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, will be of value to the Board in the performance of its functions.

(4) The powers conferred by this section shall be so exercised as to secure that a majority of the members of the Board are registered nurses, midwives or health visitors.

(5) The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland may, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland—

(a) pay such remuneration as the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland thinks fit to any person who is a member of the Board by virtue of appointment by the Head of that Department; and

(b) make such provision as the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland thinks fit for the payment to or in respect of any person who is a member of the Board by virtue of such appointment of pensions, allowances or gratuities.

(6) A National Board may pay to its chairman and members and to other persons appointed to serve on its standing and other committees, such travelling and other allowances as the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland may determine with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland.

(7) The Board shall have—

(a) a chief executive officer; and

(b) such other officers as the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland may by order specify for the purposes of this paragraph,

appointed by the Board.

(8) The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland may by order make such further provision with respect to the constitution and administration of the Board as it thinks fit.”

4 U.K. In section 22(1)—

(a) in the definition of “by order”, at the end add the words “ or, in the case of an order under section 5 or 6 made by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland or an order under section 19(5) or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 made by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, means by order made by statutory rule for the purposes of the M4 Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 ”;

(b) in the definition of “prescribed” after the words “Secretary of State” insert the words “ or, as the case may be, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland ”.

Marginal Citations

M4 S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I.12).

5 U.K. In section 22(2) at the end add the words “ or orders made by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under section 5 or 6; and the orders made by that Department under those sections shall be subject to negative resolution as defined by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were statutory instruments within the meaning of that Act. ”

6 U.K. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 for “in England and Wales” substitute “ in Northern Ireland ” and for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) section 67 of the M5 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (subpoena valid throughout United Kingdom) applies as in relation to causes or matters in the High Court in Northern Ireland”.

Marginal Citations

M5 1978 c. 23.

Section 23(1).

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Consequential amendments

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24) U.K.

1 U.K. In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 in the entry relating to the National Boards constituted under section 5 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 for “constituted under section 5 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979” substitute “ mentioned in section 5 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ”.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25) U.K.

2 U.K. In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 there shall continue to be an entry as follows—

“Chairman of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland or member of that Board appointed at a salary”.

The Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23) U.K.

3 In section 42(4)(a) of the Registered Homes Act 1984, for “the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979” substitute “ the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ”.

The Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39) U.K.

4 U.K. In section 3(11) of the Video Recordings Act 1984, for “the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979” substitute “ the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ”.

The Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20)) U.K.

5 U.K. In Article 32(2)(b) of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 for “section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979” substitute “ section 7 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ”.

The Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) U.K.

6 U.K. In Part II of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, in item 1(d) in Group 7, for “section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979” substitute “ section 7 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ”.

Section 23(2).

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Transitional provisions and savings

General U.K.

1 U.K. The substitution of this Act for the provisions repealed by it does not affect the continuity of the law.

2 U.K. Anything done (including subordinate legislation made) under or otherwise by reference to a provision repealed by this Act has effect as if done under or by reference to any corresponding provision of this Act.

3 U.K. Any reference, express or implied, in this Act, another enactment or an instrument or document, to a provision of this Act is, subject to its context, to be read as being or including a reference to the corresponding provision repealed by this Act, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the repealed provision had effect.

4 (1) Any reference, express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document, to a provision repealed by this Act is, subject to its context, to be read as being or including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which that provision has effect. U.K.

(2) In particular, where a power conferred by an Act is expressed to be exercisable in relation to enactments contained in Acts passed before or in the same Session as that Act, the power is also exercisable in relation to any corresponding provision of this Act.

5 U.K. Any reference to an enactment repealed by this Act which is contained in a document made, served or issued after the repeal has come into force is, subject to its context, to be read as being or including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

6 U.K. Paragraphs 1 to 5 are in place of section 17(2) of the M6 Interpretation Act 1978 but do not otherwise affect the application of that Act.

Marginal Citations

M6 1978 c. 30.

Claims against pre-1979 bodies U.K.

7 (1) Where a person formerly employed by any of the bodies dissolved by virtue of section 21(1) of the M7 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 claims to have a right of action against that body arising from his employment by it but is unable to pursue his claim because of the dissolution of the body, he may bring his claim— U.K.

(a) if he was transferred to the employment of the Central Council or one of the National Boards, against the body to whose employment he was transferred; or

(b) in any other case, against the Central Council.

(2) The body against whom a claim is brought by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) shall be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as the body dissolved would have been liable if it had not been dissolved.

Marginal Citations

M7 1979 c. 36.

Section 23(3).

SCHEDULE 6 U.K. Repeals and revocations

Chapter or number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
1979 c. 36.	The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979.	The whole Act so far as unrepealed except sections 23(4) and 24 and Schedule 7.
S.I. 1983/884.	The Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1983.	The whole instrument.
S.I. 1984/1975.	The Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Amendment Order 1984.	The whole instrument.
1985 c. 9.	The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985.	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979.
1990 c. 41.	The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.	In Schedule 10, paragraph 43.
1992 c. 16.	The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992.	The whole Act.
1995 c. 17.	The Health Authorities Act 1995.	In Schedule 1, paragraph 104.
S.I. 1996/3101.	The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Amendment) Regulations 1996.	The whole instrument.

TABLE OF DERIVATIONS U.K. Notes:

1 U.K. This Table shows the derivation of the provisions of the Act.

2 U.K. The following abbreviations are used in the Table—

Acts of Parliament

1979	= Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c.36)
1992	= Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 (c.16)

Subordinate Legislation

S.I. 1983/884	= Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1983
S.I. 1996/3101	= Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Provision	Derivation
1(1)	1979 s.1(1).
(2) to (8)	1979 s.1(2) to (8); 1992 ss.1(1), 2, Sch.2 para.8(3); United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (Membership Proposal) Approval Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2160); United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (Electoral Scheme) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2159).
2(1), (2)	1979 s.2(1), (2).
(3)	1979 s.2(3); 1992 Sch.2 para.3.
(4) to (6)	1979 s.2(4) to (6).
3(1), (2)	1979 s.3(1), (2).
(3)	1979 s.3(3); 1992 s.3.
(4)	1979 s.3(4).
4	1979 s.4.
5(1)	1979 s.5(1).
(2) to (5)	1979 s.5(2) to (5); 1992 s.4.
(6)	1979 Sch.2 para.7(b); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670) Arts.2 and 3(5).
(7) to (11)	1979 s.5(6) to (10); 1992 s.4.
6(1)(a)	1979 s.6(1)(a); 1992 s.5(2).
(b)	1979 s.6(1)(b); 1992 Sch.2 para.4.
(c), (d)	1979 s.6(1)(c), (d).
(e)	1979 s.6(1)(da); 1992 s.5(3).
(2)	1979 s.6(2); 1992 s.5(5).
7	1979 s.10.
8(1), (2)	1979 s.11(1), (2).
(3)	1979 s.11(3); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.2(1).
(4)	1979 s.11(3A); S.I. 1983/884 Art.3(a); Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Amendment Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1975) Art. 2.
(5)	1979 s.11(3B); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.2(2).
(6)	1979 s.11(4); European Communities (Medical, Dental and Nursing Professions) (Linguistic Knowledge) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/432) Art.2(1)(f).
(7)	1979 s.11(4A); S.I. 1983/884 Art.3(b); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.2(3).
(8)	1979 s.11(5); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.2(4).
9	1979 s.11A; S.I. 1983/884 Art.4; S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.4(1).
10(1)(a)	1979 s.12(1)(a).
(b)	1979 s.12(1)(b).
(c), (d)	1979 s.12(1)(ba), (bb); 1992 s.7(2).
(e)	1979 s.12(1)(c).
(2)	1979 s.12(2); 1992 ss.7(3), 8(2).
(3), (4)	1979 s.12(2A), (2B); S.I. 1983/884 Art.5(1); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.4(2).
(5), (6)	1979 s.12(3), (3A); 1992 s.8(3)(a), (b).
(7), (8)	1979 s.12(4), (5).
(9)	1979 s.12(6); 1992 s.7(4).
11	1979 s.12A; 1992 s.9.
12(1)	1979 s.13(1); 1992 s.7(5); S.I. 1983/884 Art.5(2).
(2)	1979 s.13(2).
13(1), (2)	1979 s.14(1), (2).
(3)	1979 s.14(3); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48) s.46; Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21) s.289G; Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3)) Art.5.
14(1)	1979 s.15(1).
(2)	1979 s.15(2); 1992 s.11.
15(1)(a)	1979 s.16(1)(a); Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17) Sch.1 para.104.
(b), (c)	1979 s.16(1)(c), (d).
(2)(a)	1979 s.16(2)(a).
(b)	1979 s.16(2)(b); 1992 Sch.2 para.5.
(c)	1979 s.16(2)(c).
(3), (4)	1979 s.16(3), (4).
(5)	1979 s.16(5); 1992 s.12.
16(1)	1979 s.17(1).
(2)	1979 s.17(3); 1992 Sch.2 para.6.
(3)	1979 s.17(4); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48) s.46; Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21) s.289G; Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3)) Art.5.
17	1979 s.19; 1992 s.13(2)(b).
18(1), (2)	1979 s.20(1), (2).
(3)	1979 s.20(2A); Companies Act 1989 (Eligibility for Appointment as Company Auditor) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1997) Sch. para.32.
(4), (5)	1979 s.20(3), (4).
(6)	1979 s.20(5); 1992 Sch.2 para.7.
(7)	1979 s.20(6).
19(1) to (3)	1979 s.22(1) to (3).
(4)	1979 s.22(3A); 1992 s.14.
(5)	1979 s.22(4).
20	1979 s.22A; S.I. 1983/884 Art.6; S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.4(3).
21(1)	1979 s.22B(1); S.I. 1983/884 Art.6; S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.3(1).
(2)	1979 s.22B(1A); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.3(2).
(3) to (5)	1979 s.22B(2) to (4); S.I. 1983/884 Art.6; S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.3(3), (4).
(6), (7)	1979 s.22B(5), (6); S.I. 1996/3101 Reg.3(5).
22(1)	1979 s.23(1); 1992 Sch.2 para.8.
(2), (3)	1979 s.23(2), (3).
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24(1), (2)
(3)	See Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 (Commencement No.1) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/588 (C.11)) and 1979 s.6(1)(a).
(4)	See Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 (Commencement No.1) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/588 (C.11)) and 1992 Sch.3.
(5)	1992 s.17(3).
(6)	1979 s.24(3); 1992 s.17(4).
Sch. 1	1979 Sch.1; 1992 s.1(2), Sch.1.
Sch. 2
para.1	1979 Sch.3 para.1; Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) s.17(2)(a) and Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54) s.36.
para.2	1979 Sch.3 para.2.
para.3(1)	1979 Sch.3 para.3(1).
para.3(2)	1979 Sch.3 para.3(2); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.43.
para.3(3)	1979 Sch.3 para.3(3).
para.4	1979 Sch.3 para.4.
Sch. 3
para.1	1979 Sch.6 para.1; 1992 Sch.2 para.9(2).
para.2	1979 Sch.6 para.2; 1992 Sch.2 para.9(3); Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/338 (N.I.6)) Art. 3; Companies (1990 Order) (Eligibility for Appointment as Company Auditor) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.I. 1993/67) Sch. para.8.
para.3	1979 Sch.6 para.2A; 1992 Sch.2 para.9(4); as to s.5(6), 1979 Sch.2 para.7(b) and Sch.6 para.2, and Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/338 (N.I.6)) Arts. 4 and 7.
para.4	1979 Sch.6 para.3; 1992 Sch.2 para.9(5); Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I.12)) Sch.4 para.28.
para.5	1979 Sch.6 para.4; 1992 Sch.2 para.9(6).
para.6	1979 Sch.6 para.5.
Sch. 4
para.1
para.2	1979 Sch.2 para.5(2); 1992 Sch.2 para.2.
Sch. 5
paras.1 to 6
para.7	1979 Sch.5 para.6.
Sch. 6