SCHEDULE 2TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
The register
10.
Until such date as the first order under article 6(1) is and the rules mentioned in paragraph 9 are in force (“the appointed day”) the Council shall—
(a)
perform the functions of maintaining the register under section 7 of the 1997 Act, and
(b)
determine applications under section 8 of the 1997 Act,
and if those provisions have been repealed, shall act under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) as if they remained in force and as if references in that Act and subordinate legislation made under it to the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (“UKCC”) or to a National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (a “National Board”) were to the Council.