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The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 2000

S.I. 2000/1881 · Made 17 July 2000

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MEDICAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

MEDICAL PROFESSION, NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 17th July 2000

Laid before Parliament 18th July 2000

Coming into force 16th August 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 43 of, and paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 to, the Medical Act 1983f1, hereby makes the following Rules:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 54. Section 43 of, and Schedule 4, paragraph 7 to, that Act were amended by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (c. 51), section 4, Schedule, paragraphs 1, 9 and 21, and by the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000, S.I. 2000/1803, articles 12 and 16.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Amendments to the 1980 Rules
  3. 3Amendments to the 1980 Rules
  4. 4Amendments to the 1980 Rules
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 16th August 2000.

(2)

In these Rules:—

(a)

“the 1980 Rules” means the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980f1; and

(b)

a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in those Rules.

(3)

These Rules extend to England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.

2Amendments to the 1980 Rules

In rule 1(2), in the definition of “the Committee”, after the words “being either” there shall be inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

3Amendments to the 1980 Rules

In rule 4, after the words “proceedings before” where they first appear, there shall be inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

4Amendments to the 1980 Rules

In rule 5, after the words “on any occasion” there shall be inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

17th July 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

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

The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000 has created a new Committee, the Interim Orders Committee. These Rules provide for the 1980 Rules to apply to the new Committee in the same way as they apply to the existing Committees.