5(1)Paragraph 7 (matters outside the scope of the Orders) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)For sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1)An Order may not abolish—
(a)the regulatory body of any profession to which section 60(2)(a) applies,
(b)the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland,
(c)the Health Professions Council,
(d)the Nursing and Midwifery Council, or
(e)any other regulatory body established by an Order.
(1A)Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not prevent an Order in Council from establishing a new regulatory body for the professions mentioned in section 60(2)(aa) and transferring to it any of the functions of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland.”
(3)Omit sub-paragraph (2) (which prevents an Order in Council under section 60 of the 1999 Act from imposing a requirement which would have the effect that a majority of the members of the regulatory body of a profession would be persons not included in the register of members admitted to practice).
(4)Omit sub-paragraph (3) (which prevents an Order in Council under section 60 of the 1999 Act from providing for a function conferred on the Privy Council, in relation to any profession to which subsection (2)(a) of that section applies, to be exercised by a different person).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 5(1)-(3) in force at 1.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3244, art. 3(c)(iii)
I2Sch. 8 para. 5(4) in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 3(b)(ii)