{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1630",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Constitution) Amendment Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Constitution Order",
  "text": "(1) The Constitution Order is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 2 (constitution of the General Council)—\n(a) in paragraph (b), for “35” substitute “25”; and\n(b) in paragraph (c), for “13” substitute “25”.\n(3) In article 5 (universities and other bodies empowered to choose appointed members), for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) Each university or other body listed in one of the groups in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is designated as an appointing body and shall, in combination with each other university or body so listed in that group, choose the number of appointed members listed against that group in column 2 of that Schedule.”.\n(4) For the Schedule, substitute—\n“SCHEDULE\nUNIVERSITIES AND OTHER BODIES EMPOWERED TO CHOOSE APPOINTED MEMBERS\nArticle 5.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nAppointing Bodies\nNumber of Members to be Appointed\nGroup 1\n15\nUniversity of Aberdeen\nThe Queen’s University of Belfast\nUniversity of Birmingham\nUniversity of Bristol\nUniversity of Cambridge\nUniversity of Dundee\nUniversity of Edinburgh\nUniversity of Glasgow\nUniversity of Leeds\nUniversity of Leicester\nUniversity of Liverpool\nUniversity of London\nUniversity of Manchester\nUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne\nUniversity of Nottingham\nUniversity of Oxford\nUniversity of Sheffield\nUniversity of Southampton\nUniversity of Wales\nSociety of Apothecaries of London\nGroup 2\n10\nRoyal College of Anaesthetists\nRoyal College of General Practitioners\nRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists\nRoyal College of Ophthalmologists\nRoyal College of Pathologists\nRoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh\nRoyal College of Physicians of London\nRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow\nRoyal College of Psychiatrists\nRoyal College of Radiologists\nRoyal College of Surgeons of England\nRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh\nFaculty of Occupational Medicine\nFaculty of Public Health Medicine\n”",
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  "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."
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