The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

PART II U.K. THE STATUTORY COMMITTEES

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 modified (temp.) (1.4.2002) by The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1125), arts. 1(1)(c), 2(1)(b)

Midwifery Committee U.K.

16.—(1) Subject to Part VIII of this Order, the Council shall by standing orders provide in respect of the Midwifery Committee for—

(a) its composition;

(b) the appointment of members;

(c) the quorum at its meetings;

(d) its procedure;

(e) standards for the education and training, attendance and performance of its members; and

(f) the performance of its functions.

(2) The standing orders shall, in particular, provide for—

(a) the Chairman of the Committee to be a member of the Council;

(b) the majority of members of the Committee to be practising midwives;

(c) the Council to have regard, subject to other provisions in this Order, when selecting non-Council members for the Committee to the guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

(3) No person who is a member of the Council or Midwifery Committee by virtue of his membership of any profession may take part in any proceedings of the Committee in any period during which he is the subject of any investigations, proceedings or a determination against him concerning his fitness to practise his profession.

(4) The powers of the Midwifery Committee may be exercised even though there is a vacancy among its members.

(5) No proceedings of the Midwifery Committee shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 1.4.2002 as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 56517, published 25.3.2002), see art. 1(2)(3)

Practice Committees U.K.

17.  Subject to any provision made by or under this Order, the Council shall in respect of each Practice Committee provide by rules for—

(a) subject to paragraph 18(6), the quorum at meetings of the Committee;

(b) regulating its procedure;

(c) establishing standards for the education and training, attendance and performance of its members;

(d) regulating its composition; and

(e) the performance of its functions.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 22.1.2003 as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 56816, published 10.1.2003), see art. 1(2)(3)

18.—(1) The members of each Practice Committee shall include registered professionals and other members, of whom at least one shall be a registered medical practitioner.

(2) The number of registered professionals on a Practice Committee may, but need not, exceed the number of other members on the Committee and shall not in any case exceed that number by more than one.

(3) The Chairman of the Committee shall be a Council member.

(4) No one shall be a member of more than one Practice Committee and shall not be both a Screener and a member of a Practice Committee.

(5) The Council shall, subject to other provisions in this Order, have regard when selecting non-Council members for a Practice Committee, to the guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

(6) The panel of a Practice Committee considering an allegation or taking any other action under Part V shall comprise at least three members who shall be selected with due regard to the former, current or proposed professional field of the person concerned as the case may be and to the nature of the matters in issue, provided that—

(a) at least one member is registered in that Part of the register in which, as the case may be, the person under consideration is or was registered or in respect of which he has made an application to be registered;

(b) there is at least one lay member, who shall not be a registered medical practitioner;

(c) where the health of the person is relevant to the case, there is at least one registered medical practitioner;

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (f), the panel shall comprise both registrant and lay members none of whom is a Council member and the number of registrant members may exceed the number of lay members but may not exceed them by more than one;

(e) no one who has been involved in the case in any other capacity may sit on the panel; and

(f) the person presiding may but need not be a member of the Council.

(7) Decisions of a Practice Committee shall be made by a majority vote of the members present and voting.

(8) In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have an additional casting vote and in respect of a decision under Part V shall exercise his casting vote in favour of the person concerned.

(9) Except when it is performing functions under Part V a Practice Committee may exercise its powers even though there is a vacancy among its members.

(10) Apart from proceedings under Part V, no proceedings of a Practice Committee shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member.

(11) No person who is a member of the Council or a Committee by virtue of his membership of any profession may take part in any proceedings of a Practice Committee in any period during which he is the subject of any investigations, proceedings or a determination against him concerning his fitness to practise his profession.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 1 para. 18(1)-(5), (7)-(11) in force at 22.1.2003 as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 56816, published 10.1.2003), see art. 1(2)(3)

I4 Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 1.8.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 57361, published 21.7.2004), see art. 1(2)(3)