The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

Membership

2.—(1) The Council shall provide in rules for an election scheme to elect the registrant members and alternate members and may provide in the rules for by-elections.

(2) The election scheme shall provide that—

(a) a person seeking election—

(i) is registered in the part of the register for which he seeks election but no person may be elected for more than one part of the register at a time,

(ii) in respect of a national constituency, lives or works wholly or mainly in that national constituency,

(iii) is not the subject of any allegation, investigation or proceedings concerning his fitness to practise, and

(iv) is wholly or mainly engaged in the practice, teaching or management of the profession in respect of which he is registered and seeks election or in research in those fields;

(b) at least one registrant member and one alternate member shall be appointed from each part of the register and the number of members from each part shall be equal;

(c) at least one member shall be elected from each of the national constituencies for each part of the register;

(d) a person may only vote—

(i) in respect of one part of the register,

(ii) for candidates who represent a part of the register in which he is registered at the time of the election, and

(iii) for a candidate seeking election for the constituency in which he wholly or mainly lives or works or, if he does not wholly or mainly live or work in any constituency, the constituency he has selected or to which he has been assigned in accordance with prescribed criteria;

(e) a person may vote even if he lives or works outside the United Kingdom;

(f) where someone ceases to be a registrant member or alternate member a replacement shall, subject to paragraph 7(3), be appointed by the Council.

(3) The Council shall provide such information and advice for voters and candidates about the purpose and conduct of the elections as it considers appropriate.