Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017.

2

The following provisions come into force on 31st March 2017—

a

this article;

b

article 2 in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d);

c

paragraphs 1, 2(b), 13(d)(ii), (f), (g) and (h), 16(b), 18, 19(a), (d) and (e), 20 and 21(b) of Schedule 1;

d

Schedule 2 (except for paragraph 7(b)).

3

Paragraphs 4(b) and 6 of Schedule 1 and article 2, in so far as it relates to those provisions, come into force on 31st March 2017 for the purposes of making rules.

4

The remaining provisions, and article 2 for all remaining purposes, come into force on 28th July 2017.