{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-the-nhs-tribunal-consequential-provisions-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-the-nhs-tribunal-consequential-provisions-regulations-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3744",
  "legislation_title": "The Abolition of the NHS Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-the-nhs-tribunal-consequential-provisions-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "National disqualification decisions made before the relevant date",
  "text": "(1) Where a person was subject to a national disqualification decision immediately before the relevant date and—\n(a) the appeal period had ended by that date, or\n(b) an appeal was concluded before that date and was not successful or was withdrawn before that date,\nhe shall be treated from the relevant date as having had a national disqualification imposed on him by the FHSAA under section 49N(1) of the 1977 Act.\n(2) Where a person is treated as having had a national disqualification imposed on him by the FHSAA in accordance with paragraph (1)—\n(a) where no review decision has been made he may request a review by the FHSAA under section 49N(8)(a) of the 1977 Act not less than two years after—\n(i) the date on which a national disqualification decision was made, where that decision has not been appealed, or\n(ii) the date on which a national disqualification decision was upheld by a court,\nwhichever is the later; or\n(b) where he has had a review decision, he may request a review by the FHSAA under section 49N(8)(a) of the 1977 Act not less than one year after the date of that review decision,\nand thereafter, subject to paragraph (3), section 49N(8)(b) shall apply in his case.\n(3) Where the FHSAA states that it is of the opinion that there is a need for an immediate review because—\n(a) a criminal conviction considered by the Tribunal in reaching its decision has been quashed or the penalty has been reduced on appeal, or\n(b) the decision of a professional, licensing or regulatory body has been quashed or the penalty has been reduced on appeal,\nthe period specified in paragraph (2) which applies before a review may be undertaken shall be reduced to the period that has already elapsed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3744/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:21:51.189579+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}