Article 1 Citation, 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 1980^f1; 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.

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. The 1980 Rules were amended by S.I. 1997/1861.