This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2004/1771 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1860 (S.5 )
HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS, SCOTLAND
NURSES AND MIDWIVES, SCOTLAND
The Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) (No. 2) Order 2004
Made
19th July 2004
Laid before Parliament
21st July 2004
Coming into force
11th August 2004
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 63 of the Health Act 1999( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) (No. 2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 11 th August 2004.
Extent
2. This Order extends to Scotland only.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995
3. In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995( 2 ), in regulation 2 (interpretation and application), in paragraph (1) —
(a) in the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Nursing and Midwifery Register” substitute “nurses' and midwives' professional register”;
(b) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—
“ (a) the nurses' and midwives' professional register; ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th July 2004
S.I. 1995/414 . Relevant amendments were made by S.S.I. 2003/296 and S.I. 2004/ 1771 . Amendments have been made which are not relevant to this Order.