The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004

The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 U.K.

2.—(1) The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 M1 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 4 to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of—

(i) “EEA Agreement”, insert at the end “ and by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic signed at Luxembourg on 14th October 2003 ”,

(ii) “Midwifery Directive”, for “and the Swiss Agreement” substitute “ , the Swiss Agreement and the Act of Accession 2003 ”, and

(iii) “Nursing Directive”, for “and the Swiss Agreement” substitute “ , the Swiss Agreement and the Act of Accession 2003 ”;

(b) insert the following definition at the appropriate place—

““the Act of Accession 2003” means the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the Adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded signed at Athens on 16th April 2003;”.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2002/253, as amended by S.I. 2003/3148.