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

S.S.I. 2000/308 · made 4 September 2000

These Rules, which extend to Scotland only, amend the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980 (“the 1980 Rules”), which 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.

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

## Introductory text

MEDICAL PROFESSION
Made 4th September 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th September 2000
Coming into force 29th September 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 43 of, and paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 to, the Medical Act 1983 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Rules:

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Amendment (Scotland) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 29th September 2000.
(2) In these Rules–
(a) “the 1980 Rules” means the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980; and
(b) a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the 1980 Rules.
(3) These Rules extend to Scotland only.

## 2 Amendment of the 1980 Rules

(1) In rule 1(2), in the definition of “the Committee”, after the words “being either” there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.
(2) In rule 4, after the words “proceedings before” where they first occur, there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.
(3) In rule 5, after the words “on any occasion” there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

## Signature

SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
4th September 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules, which extend to Scotland only, amend the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980 (“the 1980 Rules”), which 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 amendments are necessary as a consequence of amendments to the Medical Act 1983 under which a new committee of the General Medical Council, called the Interim Orders Committee is created. These Rules provide for the 1980 Rules to apply to the new committee, in the same way as they apply to the existing ones.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/308 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-legal-assessors-amendment-scotland-rules-2000
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