Provided that such revocation shall not affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred, or anything duly done or suffered, under those Rules.
4. The members of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, who are required by the provisions of Schedule 1 to the Nurses Act 1957 as amended by sections 4 and 14 of, and Part II of Schedule 1 to, the Nurses (Amendment) Act 1961 to be elected, shall be elected in accordance with the Scheme set out in the Schedule to these Rules.
SCHEDULE TO THE RULES
GENERAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
1.—(1) Unless the context otherwise requires expressions used in this Scheme have the same meanings as in the Nurses Rules 1961[1].
(2) The expression area means one of the 15 areas into which England and Wales is divided for the purposes of the election, as determined by the Minister of Health under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Nurses Act 1957 as amended by section 4(1) of the Nurses (Amendment) Act 1961.
2.—(1) The Council shall at least 6 months before the date on which their elected members cease to hold office appoint a person, not being a member of the Council, or of any Committee thereof, to be the Returning Officer for the ensuing election.
(2) The Returning Officer shall appoint a Deputy Returning Officer, not being a member of the Council, or of any Committee thereof, to act for him in the event of his absence or inability to act, and the expression " Returning Officer" in this Scheme includes the Deputy Returning Officer so acting.
(3) The Returning Officer shall have power, subject to the approval of the Council, to employ and pay out of the monies received from the Council the staff necessary for the conduct of the election.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, the Returning Officer shall be responsible for the conduct of the election.
3.—(1) The numbers and qualifications of the several classes of persons to be elected are specified in the 1st and 2nd columns of the following table, and the qualifications of the persons entitled to nominate and to take part in the election of candidates of each of those classes are specified in the 3rd column of the table.
- ↑ Scheduled to S.I. 1961/1520 ( 1961 II , p. 3127).
