Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992

Miscellaneous

13 Finances of Central Council and National Boards

(1) Section 19 of the 1979 Act (finances of Central Council and National Boards) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3) (power of Secretary of State to make grants to Central Council and National Boards in respect of certain expenditure)—

(a) paragraph (a) (expenses in connection with initial establishment) shall be omitted, and

(b) at the end there shall be inserted—

“(d) the coming into force (whether in whole or part) of any provision of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992.”

(3) Subsection (4) (duty of Central Council to reimburse certain expenditure of National Boards not otherwise met) shall cease to have effect.

14 Central Council rules: consultation

In section 22 of the 1979 Act (duty of Central Council to consult about rules) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) Subsection (3)(b) shall not require the Council to consult a National Board if the proposed rules do not appear to the Council to be relevant to the Board’s functions.”