Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997

22 Interpretation and supplementary

(1) In this Act—

• “by order” means by order in a statutory instrument;

• “the Central Council” and “the Council” mean the body mentioned in section 1(1);

• “elected members” and “electoral scheme” have the meaning given by section 1(3);

• “the National Boards” and “the Boards” mean the bodies mentioned in section 5(1);

• “prescribed” means prescribed by the Secretary of State by order;

• “the professional register” means the register maintained by the Council under section 7(1), and “registration” and “register” shall be construed accordingly;

• “rules” means rules made by the Council;

• “training” includes education;

and for a person to be treated as “practising” he must be working in some capacity by virtue of a qualification in nursing, midwifery or health visiting as the case may be.

(2) Orders under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; but this does not apply to orders under section 19(5) or 24(3) or (4) or under Schedule 2.

(3) Schedule 3 to this Act has effect for adapting the provisions of this Act there mentioned in their application to Northern Ireland and to the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland.