Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Professions Order 2001 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2002 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of article 2(a)(ii), on the date specified for the coming into force of article 27(a) of the Health Professions Order 2001;

(b) for the purposes of article 2(c), the date specified for the coming into force of article 36 of the Health Professions Order 2001;

(c) for the purposes of the remaining provisions, on 1st April 2002.

(2) In this Order—

“Council” means the Health Professions Council established by article 3 of the Health Professions Order 2001; and

“the Order” means the Health Professions Order 2001.

Transitional Provisions

2. —(1) Until a register is established under article 5(1)—

(a) the expression “registrant” where it appears in the following provisions shall mean “a person registered on one of the registers maintained by the Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Order”—

(i) article 3(4), (5), (13) and (14),

(ii) article 27,

(iii) article 41(3), and

(iv) Schedule 1, paragraph 17(2)(e)(i) and (iii);

(b) in Schedule 1—

(i) in paragraph 9(2)(c), “part of the register” shall be read as “the register”,

(ii) in paragraph 9(2)(e), the reference to an order made by a Practice Committee shall be read as a reference to a determination made under paragraph 17 or 18 of Schedule 2,

(iii) in paragraph 17(2)(e) and (f), “each part of the register” shall be read as “each register”, and

(iv) in paragraph 17(2)(f) “registrant member” shall be read as “practitioner member”;

(c) a person registered on one of the registers maintained pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Order may be appointed as a registrant assessor under article 36.