Article 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^f1; and

(b)

unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the 1980 Rules.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1980/941. These Rules which were made under the Medical Act 1978 (c. 12) now have effect under section 43 of, and paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 to, the Medical Act 1983 by virtue of section 56, Schedule 6, paragraph 2 of that Act and the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), section 17(2)(b).