The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017

Amendments to article 32

14.  In article 32 (investigation of allegations: procedural rules)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee” substitute “Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (a),

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “each Committee” substitute “the Fitness to Practise Committee”,

(iii) for sub-paragraph (h) substitute—

“(h) where an allegation is referred by the Council, Screeners or the Investigating Committee to the Fitness to Practise Committee, for the Council to give notice of that referral to, where they are known, any person referred to in article 25(2);”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (j) for “a Committee” substitute “the Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(c) in paragraph (3) for “Committee concerned” substitute “Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(d) in paragraph (4) before “Committee” where it first appears insert “Fitness to Practise”.

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Article 32 was amended by S.I. 2008/1485, articles 2(1), Schedule 1, paragraph 5.