The General Social Care Council (Transfer of Register and Abolition—Transitional and Saving Provision) Order of Council 2012

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 2001 Order” means the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001(1);

“the GSCC” means the General Social Care Council;

“the GSCC register” means the register maintained by the GSCC under section 56 of the Care Standards Act 2000(2);

“health procedure” means the procedure set out in paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the General Social Care Council (Conduct) Rules 2008(3);

“the HCPC” means the Health and Care Professions Council(4);

“the HCPC register” means the register maintained by the HCPC under article 5 of the 2001 Order(5);

“the principal part” and the “visiting European part” of the GSCC register have the meanings given by section 56(2A) of the Care Standards Act 2000(6);

“transferred person” has the meaning given by article 4(4).

(2) References in this Order to the Health and Care Professions Council are to be read, before the commencement of section 214(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, as references to the Health Professions Council(7).

(1)

S.I. 2002/254. The Order (referred to in the footnotes below as “the 2001 Order”), originally entitled the Health Professions Order 2001, is re-named by section 213(4) and (6) of the 2012 Act.

(2)

2000 c. 14. Section 56 has been amended by S.I. 2007/3101 and is amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to the 2012 Act.

(3)

The Rules were made under the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), section 59 and 71.

(4)

The Health and Care Professions Council is so named by section 214(1)(b) of the 2012 Act and is referred to in footnotes below as “the HCPC”. Before the coming into force of that provision the body is known as the Health Professions Council. See also paragraph 53 of Schedule 15 to the 2012 Act. The 2012 Act also makes other amendments to the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) to reflect the abolition of the GSCC.

(5)

Article 5 has been amended by S.I.2009/1182.

(6)

Subsection (2A) of section 56 is part of a substitution made by S.I. 2007/3101.

(7)

Section 214(1) of the 2012 Act re-names the Health Professions Council as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Paragraph 53(2) of Schedule 15 to the 2012 Act provides for references to the HCPC to be read as references to the Health Professions Council in relation to any time before the commencement of section 214(1) of the 2012 Act, but parts of this Order will be in force before the coming into force of paragraph 53(2).