Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1985

4. Section 2 of the Act of 1985 is amended—

(a) by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1),

(b) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definitions:

“‘appropriate fee’, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the fee (if any) determined under section 25 that is appropriate for the purposes of that provision;

‘condition’ includes a restriction;

‘Council website’ means an internet website of the Council (including part of such a website)—

(a) to which access is readily available by members of the public, and

(b) where anything published on the website is readily available for inspection by members of the public;

‘dental practitioner qualification’ shall be construed in accordance with section 26B;

‘dental specialist qualification’ shall be construed in accordance with section 26C;

‘health or social care’, in relation to a person (howsoever described), means the health or social care that the person provides or has provided in his or her capacity or former capacity as a member of a relevant profession;

‘relevant profession’ means any of the following professions:

(a) dentist;

(b) a designated profession within the meaning of section 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 ;

(c) medical practitioner;

(d) midwife;

(e) nurse;

(f) pharmacist;

‘restriction’ includes a condition;

‘rules’ means rules made under section 25A or deemed by subsection (7) of that section to be made thereunder;”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(2) Unless otherwise specified in this Act, nothing in this Act shall be construed to prejudice the performance by the Council of its functions under the Regulations of 2017 as the competent authority in respect of the regulated professions (within the meaning of Regulation 3 of those Regulations) concerned.”.