European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order of Council 2004

PART 1 General

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“diploma” means, except where, in article 7(3) and Schedule 2, the context otherwise requires, a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications;

“the Nursing Directives” means the Nursing Directive and second Nursing Directive(1);

“registration” means, in the case of a nursing qualification, registration in sub-Part 1 of the Nurses' Part of the register and, in the case of a midwifery qualification, registration in the Midwives' Part of the register.

(2) In this Order “a competent authority certificate” means a certificate issued by a competent authority in an EEA State stating that the person named in the certificate has practised effectively and lawfully as a nurse responsible for general care or, as the case may be, as a midwife for at least three years or, for the purposes of articles 4(4)(b) and 6(4)(b), two years, during the period of five years ending with the date of issue of the certificate.

(3) In this Order “an Article 4 certificate” means a certificate issued to a person by a competent authority in an EEA State in accordance with Article 4 of the Midwifery Directive to the effect that the person, after qualifying as a midwife, has practised satisfactorily, for the period provided for in that Article, as a midwife in a hospital or other health establishment approved for the purposes of that Article.

(4)  Any reference in this Order to—

(a) “the implementation date” of the Nursing Directive or second Nursing Directive;

(b) “the date of entry into force” of the Midwifery Directive; or

(c) “the relevant date” in connection with the Midwifery Directive,

is a reference to the date set out in Column 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate opposite the relevant State in Column 1 in the table in Schedule 1.

(1)

Definitions of the Nursing Directive, second Nursing Directive, Midwifery Directive and second Midwifery Directive are contained in Schedule 4 to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 as amended by S.I.2003/3148.