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4.—(1) For the purposes of section 5(6)(b) of the Act the Board shall have, in addition to the chief executive officer referred to in section 5(6)(a) of the Act—
(a)a principal finance officer, and
(b)a principal professional officer,
appointed by the Board.
(2) Subject to article 5(4), the chief executive officer and the principal professional officer shall each be a registered nurse, practising midwife or registered health visitor.
(3) No person who is a member appointed by the Secretary of State shall be appointed as an officer of the Board.
(4) Where, for any period, the chief executive officer, the principal finance officer or the principal professional officer of the Board is suspended from his duties for any reason, the Board shall, for the duration of that period, appoint another person to act in the place of that suspended officer.
(5) Where the name of the chief executive officer or the principal professional officer is removed from the register maintained by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting under section 10 of the Act or his registration is suspended, the Board shall forthwith terminate his appointment or suspend him from his duties (as the case may be) as such an officer.
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