SCHEDULETHE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (EMERGENCY PROCEDURES) (AMENDMENT) RULES 2020

PART 3Amendment of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004

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1

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004 are amended as follows.

2

After rule 2 (interpretation), insert—

Hearings during an emergency situation2B

Hearings arranged under these Rules may be conducted using audio or video conferencing facilities.

3

In rule 14(5) (lapse of registration) M1, omit the words commencing with “not exceeding three months” and ending with “due under rule 13”.

4

In rule 19 (service of documents in relation to registration appeals)—

a

for paragraph (1), substitute—

1

In this part of the Rules a reference to sending of a notice or other document to a person is a reference to it being sent—

a

in the case of the Council, an Appeal Panel or the Registrar, to—

i

the offices of the Council, or

ii

the electronic mail address notified by the Council;

b

in the case of the appellant, to—

i

the address, identified in the appellant's notice of appeal, or

ii

the electronic mail address, identified in the appellant's notice of appeal;

c

in all other cases, to the person's last known—

i

postal address, or

ii

electronic mail address.

b

in paragraph (2)—

i

after “by post”, insert “ or electronic mail ”;

ii

for “letter or document”, substitute “ letter, document or electronic mail ”.

5

After rule 23(1) (notice of hearing), insert—

1A

In paragraph (1) “venue” includes details of audio or video conferencing arrangements.

6

In rule 30 (conduct at hearing)—

a

in paragraph (1), before “The hearing shall” insert, “ Subject to paragraph (1A), ”;

b

after paragraph (1), insert—

1A

Paragraph (1) does not apply where a hearing is conducted by audio or video conferencing.