# The General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007, Article 7: Substitution of article 8 of the principal Order


For article 8 of the principal Order substitute the following—
“Quorum
8. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the quorum of the General Council shall be 25.
(2) Where, as a consequence of a vacancy not needing to be filled, the full membership of the General Council is less than 35, the quorum of the General Council shall, subject to paragraph (3), be 70% of the full membership of the General Council.
(3) If a calculation of 70% of the full membership of the General Council produces a number which is—
(a) not a whole number, the number produced shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, and that whole number shall, subject to sub-paragraph (b), be the quorum of the General Council; or
(b) less than 10, the quorum of the General Council shall be 10.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/616/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-2007/article-7
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