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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Class of Nurse) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th October 2005.
(2) In these Regulations, “the register” means the register of qualified nurses and midwives established and maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001.
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For the purposes of section 299(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination), the class of nurse prescribed is a nurse registered in Sub-Part 1 of the Nurses' Part of the register, whose entry includes an entry to indicate that the nurse’s field of practice is mental health nursing or learning disabilities nursing.
LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
12th September 2005