# The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 1997

S.I. 1997/1861 · made 29 July 1997

These Rules amend the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980, which regulate the functions of legal assessors appointed by the General Medical Council to advise the Professional Conduct Committee, the Health Committee and the Preliminary Proceedings Committee on questions of law arising in proceedings before them.

Made under: Medical Act 1983 (Section 43, Schedule 4 paragraph 7)

## Introductory text

MEDICAL PROFESSION
Made 29th July 1997
Laid before Parliament 29th July 1997
Coming into force 1st September 1997
The Lord Chancellor and, in relation to proceedings in Scotland, the Lord Advocate, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 43 of, and paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 to, the Medical Act 1983, hereby make the following Rules:–

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
(2) In these Rules:–
(a) “the 1980 Rules” means the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980; and
(b) unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the 1980 Rules.

## 2 Amendments to the 1980 Rules

In rule 1(2), after the words “the Professional Conduct Committee,”, there shall be inserted the words “the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance,”.

## 3 Amendments to the 1980 Rules

In rules 4 and 5, after the words “the Professional Conduct Committee” where they appear in each rule, there shall be inserted the words “, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.
28th July 1997
Hardie
29th July 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980, which regulate the functions of legal assessors appointed by the General Medical Council to advise the Professional Conduct Committee, the Health Committee and the Preliminary Proceedings Committee on questions of law arising in proceedings before them.
The amendments are necessary as a result of the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 which created two new Committees of the General Medical Council - the Assessment Referral Committee and the Committee on Professional Performance. These Rules provide for the 1980 Rules to apply to the new Committees, as well as to the existing ones.

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