The Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 15th June 1999 the following provisions of the Chiropractors Act 1994 which relate to the opening of the General Council’s register and registration–

• section 1(2), under which the Council has a duty to develop, promote and regulate the profession of chiropractic; and section 1(3), under which the Council shall have such other functions as are conferred on it by the Act (but only so far as these provisions relate to other provisions of the Act brought into force by this Order);

• section 2(3), (but only so far as these provisions relate to the other provisions of the Act brought into force by this Order) which requires the Registrar to establish and maintain a register of chiropractors;

• sections 3, 4 and 6, which provide the requirements for registration both during the period of two years beginning with the opening of the register (“the transitional period”) and subsequently;

• section 9, which provides for public access to the register;

• section 10(1), which provides for the Registrar to investigate allegations that an entry on the register has been procured fraudulently or made incorrectly;

• section 19, which provides for the preparation and publication by the General Council of a Code of Practice for registered chiropractors;

• section 29, which provides that appeals may be made against the Registrar’s decisions in respect of the registration of chiropractors to the General Council and from there to the appropriate court;

• section 36(3), which requires that certain rules must be laid before Parliament;

• section 37, which enables the General Council to require registered chiropractors to take out professional indemnity insurance;

• section 38, which applies legislation on data protection and access to personal health records to registered chiropractors;

• section 40, which deals with exemption from provisions relating to the rehabilitation of offenders;

• section 43, in respect of certain definitions; and

• section 44(8), which relates to the extent of the provisions being brought into force.