The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England (Constitution and Administration) Order 1993

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979;

“the 1992 Act” means the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992(1);

“the Board” means the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England;

“member” means a member of the Board, including the chairman and deputy chairman;

“officer member” means the chief executive officer of the Board, or the principal finance officer or principal professional officer appointed to the offices specified under article 3(2) for the purposes of section 5(2)(d) of the Act, as the case may be;

“principal professional officer” means a person appointed by the Board who is principally responsible for giving to it advice on matters concerned with nursing, midwifery or health visiting.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Order any reference—

(a) to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order;

(b) to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order;

(c) in an article in, or in the Schedule to, this Order to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or Schedule.

(1)

1992 c. 16.