Article 2.
1. Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitutions of the Council and Boards, and Supplementary Provisions) shall have effect as if—
(a)in paragraph 1(1), for the word “twenty-one” there were substituted the word “twenty-four”;
(b)in paragraph 1(1)(b), for the word “three” there were substituted the word “five”, and for the words “one only shall be a registered medical practitioner” there were substituted the words “two only shall be registered medical practitioners”;
(c)in paragraph 1(1)(c), for the word “seven” there were substituted the word “eight”;
(d)in paragraph 3(2), for the words “the profession of orthoptists” there were substituted the words “the professions of orthoptist and of prosthetist and orthotist”; and
(e)after paragraph 3(3) there were added the following sub-paragraph—
“(4) Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of prosthetist and orthotist the said Ministers shall consult the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists.”
2. Part II of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitution of the Boards) shall have effect as if—
(a)in the table at the end of paragraph 4(1), after the line relating to membership of the Physiotherapists Board there were inserted, under the headings indicated, the following entries in relation to the Prosthetists and Orthotists Board—
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | |||||
| (5) | (6) | |||||||||
| Board | Total number of members | Representative members | The English Colleges jointly | The Scottish Corporations jointly | The British Medical Association | The Society of Medical Officers of Health | The Royal College of Physicians of London | The Royal College of Surgeons of England | Experts in professional education | Other Members |
| Pros-thetists & Ortho-tists | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
(b)after paragraph 7(4) there were added the following sub-paragraph—
“(4A) Of the three members of the Prosthetists and Orthotists Board appointed in pursuance of the said paragraph (d)—
(a)one shall be a member of the teaching staff of a university department concerned with the teaching of prosthetics and orthotics;
(b)one shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of employers of prosthetists and orthotists; and
(c)the other shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of patients of prosthetists and orthotists or of carers of such patients (or of both).”; and
(c)after paragraph 7(5) there were added the following sub-paragraph—
“(6) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (5), before making any appointment to which paragraph (b) or (c) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, the Council shall consult any persons or bodies which appear to the Council, after it has consulted the Secretary of State, to represent the interests of—
(a)in the case of an appointment to which paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, employers of prosthetists and orthotists; or
(b)in the case of an appointment to which paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, patients of prosthetists and orthotists and carers of such patients.”;
(d)in paragraph 8(3), for the words “sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3)” there were substituted the words “sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4)”.