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Paragraph 2 Grounds of removal

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(1)

A member of the Council may be removed from office if–

(a)

he has failed to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council;

(b)

he has been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct or of professional incompetence in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

(c)

he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;

(d)

he is a patient for the purposes of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983f1, or is otherwise incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of properly managing his property or affairs;

(e)

he has disclosed to another person who is not a member of the Council (or of a committee or sub-committee of the Council) without the consent of the Council any information which is known to him in confidence by reason of his membership of the Council;

(f)

he has been convicted in a court of law of a criminal offence relevant to his fitness to continue in office;

(g)

he has brought the Council into disrepute or has otherwise acted contrary to the best interests of the Council; or

(h)

not being a chiropractor, since becoming a member of the Council he has been found guilty of misconduct by another professional or regulatory body.

(2)

A member may be removed by the Council only if it has concluded in accordance with the procedure in Rule 3 that the circumstances falling within paragraph (1) in his case are sufficient to warrant his removal.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 20.

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 17; see section 43 for the meaning of “prescribed”.