# The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 2004, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st November 2004.
(2) 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 (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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2625/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-legal-assessors-rules-2004/article-1
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