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The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Admission to the Register and Training) Amendment Rules Approval Order 1996

Health visitors

Midwives

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-06-02

NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS

The Rules approved by this Order and made by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting further amend the Rules approved by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Rules Approval Order 1993 (“the principal Rules”) (S.I. 1983/873) to make it clear that the provisions in rule 7 relating to admission to the register for nurses and midwives with qualifications designated as having Community equivalence apply not only to EEA nationals but in other situations where enforceable Community rights are being exercised and in particular to non-EEA spouses and certain children of EEA nationals who have rights under Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 (Article 2(2)).