Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)

PART 7 U.K. Regulation of health and social care workers

The Health and Care Professions Council U.K.

214 The Health and Care Professions Council U.K.

(1) The body corporate known as the Health Professions Council—

(a) is to continue to exist, and

(b) is to change its name to the Health and Care Professions Council.

(2) In article 3 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/254) (the Council and its Committees), for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The Health and Care Professions Council is referred to in this Order as “the Council”.”

(3) For the title to that article substitute “The Health and Care Professions Council and its Committees”.

(4) In Schedule 3 to that Order (interpretation), in the definition of “the Council” in paragraph 1, for “the Health Professions Council established under article 3” substitute “the Health and Care Professions Council (formerly known as the Health Professions Council and continued in existence by section 214 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012)”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 214 in force at 1.8.2012 by S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(4)