Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes a number of amendments to secondary legislation consequential on the making of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 and the repeal of parts of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 as a result of which the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and the National Boards for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting have been replaced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.