Paragraph 5 Consideration of allegations: supplementary

Where the Committee has invited observations from the chiropractor concerned under Rule 4(2) or (5) on a statement or report, it shall not reach a decision on the question whether there is a case to answer until the period specified in the invitation as the period within which the chiropractor may submit his observations has expired, unless it has received those observations or the chiropractor has indicated that he does not propose to make any observations.

Nothing in Rule 4 shall prejudice the power of the Committee to make such further investigations as it considers are reasonably practicable for the purposes of fulfilling its functions under section 20(9)(b) of the Act.