The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009

Amendment of Schedule 3

16.  In Schedule 3(1) (interpretation), in paragraph 1—

(a) after the definition of “the 1960 Act” insert the following definition—

““the 2009 Order” means the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009;”;

(b) insert the following definition at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order—

““enactment” has the same meaning as in Schedule 3 to the Health Act 1999;”;

(c) insert each of the following definitions at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order—

““AEP register” means the aggregate of the entries in the membership list maintained by the Association of Educational Psychologists (which held its inaugural meeting at the London School of Economics on 14th April 1962 and was founded on that date(2)) that relate to full members of the Association;”;

““BPS register” means the aggregate of the entries in the register maintained by the British Psychological Society (which was incorporated by Royal Charter on 26th February 1965(3)) that relate to holders of practising certificates who are full members of one or more of the divisions of the Society in respect of the following branches of psychology: clinical psychology; counselling psychology; educational psychology; forensic psychology; health psychology; occupational psychology; and sport and exercise psychology;”;

““practitioner psychologists” means clinical psychologists, counselling psychologists, educational psychologists, forensic psychologists, health psychologists, occupational psychologists and sport and exercise psychologists, and this group of professions is to be treated as a single profession for the purposes of this Order;”;

(d) in the definition of “relevant professions”, after “physiotherapists;” insert “practitioner psychologists;”; and

(e) omit the definitions of “alternate member”, “corresponding registrant member”, “lay member” and “registrant member”.

(1)

Schedule 3 has been amended by S.I. 2003/3148 and 2004/1947 and 2033.

(2)

The Association of Educational Psychologists is at 4 The Riverside Centre, Frankland Lane, Durham, DH1 5TA.

(3)

The British Psychological Society is at St Andrews House, 48 Princess Road East, Leicester, LE1 7DR. The Society’s Royal Charter has been amended six times, and is available, in its amended form, on the Society’s website at www.bps.org.uk.