# The Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, Paragraph 7: Rules as to non-compliance


(1) The Regulator may prescribe in rules—
(a) the consequences of non-compliance with—
(i) rules under paragraph 4(2)(c);
(ii) a direction under rules under paragraph 6(3)(b);
(b) that the Regulator, the Registrar, a Panel, a case examiner and a person prescribed in rules for the purposes of article 6(3)(a) may draw adverse inferences in circumstances prescribed in the rules.
(2) Rules under sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) may—
(a) prescribe—
(i) the circumstances in which costs may be awarded by a Panel;
(ii) what factors need to be taken into account in awarding costs;
(b) provide for—
(i) the assessment and taxation of costs or, in Scotland, expenses;
(ii) the enforcement of an award of costs or, in Scotland, expenses by a Panel in the same manner as if the award had been made by an order of the county court or, in Scotland, by decree of the sheriff.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348255195/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-anaesthesia-associates-and-physician-associates-order-2024/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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