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

Potential temporary measures if registration of practitioner psychologists is introduced before the reform of the composition of the Council

18.  In Part 1 of Schedule 1(1) (the Health Professions Council)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “13 members who are” substitute “14 members who, subject to sub-paragraph (5), are”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “12 members” substitute “13 members”, and

(iii) in paragraph (c), for “13 members” substitute “14 members who, subject to sub-paragraph (5), are”;

(b) in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (4) insert the following sub-paragraph—

“(5) On the coming into force of paragraph 18(a) of Schedule 2 to the 2009 Order, the Privy Council shall appoint a person to be the first registrant member and a person to be the first alternate member in respect of the part of the register which relates to practitioner psychologists.”;

(c) in paragraph 2(1), after “1(2A)” insert “and (5)”;

(d) in paragraph 2(2)—

(i) in paragraph (a)(i), for “be elected for” substitute “represent”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), omit “elected”;

(e) in paragraph 3, for “or the AODP register” substitute “, the AODP register, the AEP register or the BPS register”; and

(f) in paragraph 9 (which relates to tenure of members)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Subject to sub-paragraphs (1A) and (1B),” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraphs (1A) to (1C),”, and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1B) insert the following sub-paragraph—

“(1C) The terms of office of—

(a) the first registrant member and the first alternate member appointed in respect of the part of the register which relates to practitioner psychologists; and

(b) the corresponding additional lay member,

shall expire at the end of 8th July 2010 or on the coming into force of the first order of the Privy Council under article 3(7A), whichever is the sooner.”

(1)

The amendments in this paragraph will become redundant if statutory regulation of registered psychologists is commenced after the commencement of paragraph 12(2) of this Schedule.