The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 766

NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS

The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1999

Made

11th March 1999

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1999

Coming into force

1st April 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 6(1)(e) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Amendment of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Order 1993

2.  Article 12 of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Order 1993(2) is hereby revoked.

Revocation of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1997

3.  The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1997(3) is hereby revoked.

Frank Dobson

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,

Department of Health

11th March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Order 1993 which makes provision concerning the constitution and administration and functions of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (“the Board”) continued under section 5(1) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997.

This Order removes the Board’s duty to make available to the public information about careers in nursing, midwifery and health visiting in England.

(1)

1997 c. 24; see section 22(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “by order”.

(2)

S.I. 1993/629, amended by S.I. 1994/586 and S.I. 1997/1963.

(3)

S.I. 1997/1963.