Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2461
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Registered Health Care Profession (Designation) Order 2003
Made
25th September 2003
Laid before Parliament
3rd October 2003
Coming into force
1st November 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984( 1 ), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Health Care Profession (Designation) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003.
2. The profession of paramedics, being a profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999( 2 ), by virtue of being regulated by the Health Professions Order 2001( 3 ) is hereby designated as a health care profession( 4 ) for the purposes of the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Hazel Blears
Minister of State
Home Office
25th September 2003
1984 c. 60 ; the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted in section 65(1) by section 54(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) .
S.I. 2002/254 .
Health care profession is defined in section 65(1A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as any profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) other than the profession of practising medicine and the profession of nursing.