Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
2. In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—
(a)insert after the definition of “conditional disqualification”—
““conditional inclusion” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 8A;”
““contingent removal” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 10A;”;
““corresponding decision” has the same meaning as in paragraph 12 of Schedule 11 to the Order);”;
(c)in the definition of “disqualification” omit “local or general” in each place where they occur;
(d)insert after the definition of “medical practitioner”—
““NPSA” means the National Patient Safety Agency (1)”;
(e)omit the definition of “local or general disqualification”;
(f)in the definition of “suspended” after “Schedule 11 to the Order” insert “or suspended by a Board under regulation 12A of these Regulations”;
(g)insert after the definition of “suspended”—
““third condition for disqualification” has the meaning indicated in paragraph 1(7A) of Schedule 11 to the Order;”.
S.I.2005 No.504 amended the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution )Order 2001 to confer on the Agency functions previously carried out by the National Clinical Assessment Authority which was abolished by S.I.2005/502