The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017

Amendments to article 30

12.  In article 30 (review of orders by the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee)(1)—

(a) for the heading substitute “Review of orders by the Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(b) in paragraph (1)—

(i) at the beginning insert “Except where article 29(8A) applies,”,

(ii) for “by the Conduct and Competence Committee or the Health Committee, the Committee which made the order or, if the matter has been referred to the other Committee, that Committee,” substitute “, the Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(c) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) On the application of the person concerned or otherwise, at any time an order made by the Fitness to Practise Committee under article 29(5)(b) to (d) is in force, the Fitness to Practise Committee may review the order and may take any of the steps referred to in paragraph (4).”;

(d) in paragraph (7) for “Committee which made the order or, where appropriate, the Committee mentioned in article 33(3)(b)” substitute “Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(e) in paragraph (8) for “Committee which made the order appealed from” substitute “Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(f) in paragraph (9) for “a Practice Committee” substitute “the Fitness to Practise Committee”.

(1)

Article 30 was amended by S.I. 2014/3272, articles 2 and 7.