SCHEDULEAlterations, Additions and Omissions in the First Schedule to the Act

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Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if–

a

in paragraph 1(1), for “twenty-seven” there were substituted “thirty”;

b

in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “seven” there were substituted “nine” and for “three only shall be registered medical practitioners” there were substituted “four only shall be registered medical practitioners”;

c

in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “nine” there were substituted “ten”;

d

in paragraph 3(2), for “the professions of arts therapist, orthoptist and prosthetist and orthotist” there were substituted “the professions of arts therapists, orthoptists, prosthetists and orthotists, and speech and language therapists”; and

e

after paragraph 3(5) there were added the following sub-paragraph–

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Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of speech and language therapists the said Ministers shall consult the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.