The Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Paramedics Board) Order of Council 1999 No. 1853

SCHEDULE Alterations, Additions and Omissions in the First Schedule to the Act

1.  Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if–

(a) in paragraph 1(1), for “thirty-three” there were substituted “thirty-six”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “eleven” there were substituted “thirteen” and for “five only shall be registered medical practitioners” there were substituted “six only shall be registered medical practitioners”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “eleven” there were substituted “twelve”;

(d) in paragraph 3(2), for “the professions of arts therapists, clinical scientists, orthoptists, prosthetists and orthotists and speech and language therapists” there were substituted “the professions of arts therapists, clinical scientists, orthoptists, paramedics, prosthetists and orthotists, and speech and language therapists”; and

(e) after paragraph 3(7) there were added the following sub-paragraph–

“(8) Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of paramedics the said Ministers shall consult the Ambulance Service Association.”.