Cancellation of elections to, and transitional measures relating to, the Health Professions Council
8.—(1) Elections shall not be held in respect of the vacancies which, but for the amendments to the 2001 Order set out in paragraph 17(1)(c) of Schedule 2, would have arisen in respect of the registrant and alternate members of the HPC who were due to vacate office at the end of 8th July 2009.
(2) The Privy Council may, by a direction under subsection (1) of section 60 of the Health Act 2006(1) (Commission to exercise Privy Council’s appointment functions), require the Appointments Commission to appoint the person who held office as President of the HPC on the day before the first order under article 3(7A) of the 2001 Order comes into force as a member of the HPC as constituted on the day the first order under article 3(7A) of the 2001 Order comes into force.
(3) The first order under article 3(7A) of the 2001 Order may include a provision enabling the Privy Council to appoint as the chair of the HPC, for a specified period, the person who held office as President of the HPC on the day before the first order under article 3(7A) of the 2001 Order comes into force.