The General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules Order of Council 1999

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules–

“the Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994;

“applicant” means (except in Rules 9 and 10 and paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 2) a person applying for registration under Rule 4;

“registration” means registration as a registered chiropractor in the register; and

“the transitional period” means the period of two years beginning with the opening of the register.

(2) References in these Rules to a particular form is to the form appearing in Schedule 1.

(3) Two people are to be treated as related by birth or marriage for the purposes of these Rules if they are spouses of each other or if one or the spouse of one of them bears to the other or spouse of the other a relationship of lineal descendant, brother, sister, nephew, niece or first cousin; and “spouse” for this purpose includes a former spouse and an unmarried partner of the same or the opposite sex.