5.—(1) The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Practice Committees) (Constitution) Rules 2008 are amended as follows.U.K.
(2) In rule 6 (the practice committees)—
(a)after paragraph (8), insert—
“(8A) The Council may extend the term of office of any member of the Practice Committee, who as of 3rd March 2020 was serving a second term, for such a period or periods as it considers appropriate.”;
(b)in paragraph (10), before “The quorum” insert “ Subject to paragraph (11), ”;
(c)after paragraph (10), add—
“(11) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the requirements of paragraph (10), that paragraph is amended as follows—
(a)for “3”, substitute “ 2 ”, and
(b)paragraph (10)(a) shall not apply.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. rule 5 in force at 31.3.2020, see art. 1