Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st November 2004.

In these Rules—

• “the 1983 Act” means the Medical Act 1983;

• “Committee” means the Investigation Committee, in circumstances where it is considering giving a warning to a person under section 35C(6) of the Act;

• “hearing” means proceedings of the Committee or a Panel that have been constituted as a hearing at which the parties to the proceedings may attend or be represented;

• “legal assessor” means a person appointed under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4 to the 1983 Act^f1 (proceedings before the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels – legal assessors);

• “Panel” means an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel.