The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (Electoral Scheme) (Variation) Order 1988

5.  ELECTORAL ROLL

(a) There will be one election for each of the four National Boards.

(b) The Returning Officer shall cause to be formed an Electoral Roll (hereinafter called “the Electoral Roll”) composed subject to paragraph (c) of this Rule of those nurses, midwives and health visitors whose names are on the Register on the 1st February 1988 and whose registration is not ineffective in the manner set out in paragraph (g) of this Rule.

(c) Any person whose registration has become ineffective because he has not paid the periodic fee required by virtue of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Periodic Registration) Amendment (No. 2) Rules 1986(1) (hereinafter referred to as “periodic fee”) because he is not in paid employment may be admitted by the Returning Officer to the Electoral Roll provided:—

(i) the Returning Officer received a signed declaration stating that he is not in paid employment and

(ii) his qualifications can be verified by the Council to the Returning Officer.

(d) Subject to the provisions relating to persons not living in the United Kingdom, each nurse, midwife and health visitor will be able to take part only in the National Board election in the country in which he lives or works.

(e) Individuals who are placed on the Electoral Roll, and who do not live in the United Kingdom, will have to choose the appropriate National Board election according to the home or work address in the United Kingdom from which they departed or to which they intend to return.

(f) The Returning Officer shall determine a date by which the Electoral Roll shall be closed and a date by which nominations for election must be received, but the date on which the Electoral Roll shall be closed may be a date subsequent to the date on which nominations for election are sought, but must be before the date by which nominations for election must be received.

(g) At least two months notice of the formation of the Electoral Roll shall be given stating that all nurses, midwives and health visitors who are registered and whose registration is not ineffective for non-payment of periodic fees will be entered on the Electoral Roll. The notice will invite those nurses, midwives and health visitors whose registrations are ineffective because they have not paid their periodic fee and who are not in paid employment to make an application to the Returning Officer to be entered on the Electoral Roll in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) of this Rule. Notice shall be deemed to have been duly given if advertisements are placed in two or more newspapers circulating in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and in such professional journals circulating in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and outside the United Kingdom as the Council shall determine.

(h) Decisions about the eligibility of a person to be admitted to the Electoral Roll will be made by the Returning Officer. Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Returning Officer may appeal against that decision to the Appeals Committee.

(1)

S.I. 1986/2294.