Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (Legal Assessors) Order of Council 2004
This Order relates to advice given by legal assessors, appointed under article 34 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, to the Nursing and Midwifery Council or a Committee of the Council on questions of law arising at a hearing before the Council or a Committee. It provides that, except in specified circumstances, such advice must be given in the presence of the parties, or their representatives, in attendance at the hearing. Where it is not given in their presence, they must be notified of the advice given, and copies of the advice must also be made available to parties to the proceedings who do not attend, or are not represented at, the hearing.