§ Mr. BlenkinsopI beg to move, in page 11, line 35, at the end, to insert:
'chief male nurse' means a male nurse in charge of the male nurses employed in a mental hospital.There is a later Amendment to the Third Schedule, in page 17, line 9, which introduces the term "chief male nurse," which accordingly has to be defined here.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopI beg to move, in page 12, line 8, at the end, to insert:
'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made by the Council under this Act.This is a drafting Amendment.
§ Mr. HowardI would ask whether this is really and necessarily a drafting Amendment. Acts of Parliament are already sufficiently complicated, but the need for the Amendment appears to arise from the fact that the word "prescribed" is used in the Bill. That word has not been used in the previous Acts of Parliament dealing with nurses. Provision is made under which the General Nursing Council may make rules. It is set out how they have to make the rules and the procedure to be followed. As far as I can see, the need for this additional complication arises merely because in Clause 18 the word "prescribed" has been introduced.
This is a detail and a technical point, but I ask the Parliamentary Secretary to have it looked into in the Department between now and the Report stage. I am sure that he will agree with me that if we can exclude anything that complicates the law it is the general desire that we should do so.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopI am very ready to have a look at the matter.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clause 22 ordered to stand part of the Bill.