[52(1)A Registered Homes Tribunal to hear an appeal relating solely to registration under the Nursing Homes Act 1975 shall include a registered medical practitioner.E+W+S
(2)Such a tribunal shall also include—
(a)if the appeal relates to registration of a maternity home, a qualified midwife; and
(b)in any other case, a qualified nurse.
(3)A tribunal which is constituted to hear both an appeal relating to registration under the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and an appeal relating toregistration under Part I of this Schedule shall include a person selected in accordance with supparagraph (2) above.
(4)In this Part of this Schedule—
“nursing home” and “maternity home” have the meanings assigned to them by section 1 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975;
“mental nursing home” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of that Act;
“qualified midwife” means a person who is for the time being certified under the Midwives Act 1951 or registered under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979; and
“qualified nurse” means—
(a)a person who is for the time being registered under section 2(1) ofthe Nurses Act 1957; or
(b)a person who—
(i)is for the time being registered under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979; and
(ii)would have been qualified to be registered under section 2(1) of the Nurses Act 1957.]
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