Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008
84.—(1) The Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “General Social Care Council”.
(3) In regulation 3 (granting approval as AMHP), in paragraph (3), for “the General Social Care Council or” substitute “the Health and Care Professions Council under section 114ZA of the Mental Health Act 1983 or by”(2).
(4) In Schedule 1 (professional requirements)—
(a)omit paragraph (a), and
(b)in paragraph (c), after “Part 6” insert “, or a social worker registered in Part 16,”.
(5) In relation to a course approved before 1st August 2012, regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations are to be treated as continuing to have effect as if they had not been amended by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph.
Section 114ZA of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) is inserted by section 217(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).