# The General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order of Council)
This Order approves the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2024 (“the 2024 Rules”) which have been made by the General Medical Council and are contained in the Schedule to this Order.
The 2024 Rules amend rule 2 of the General Medical Council (Constitution of Panels, Tribunals and Investigation Committee) Rules 2015 to amend the definitions of “lay” and “medical” and rule 2 of the General Medical Council (Constitution of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) Rules 2015 to amend the definitions of “lay” and “registrant”. These changes will take effect from the date the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/374) (“AAPA Order”) comes into force and are being made as a result of consequential amendments the AAPA Order makes to the Medical Act 1983. These amendments clarify that anaesthesia associates and physician associates will be registrants for the purposes of the constitution of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service but will not be considered registrants in relation to regulatory decisions concerning doctors and will not be able to sit on tribunals in respect of doctors.
No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1133/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-miscellaneous-amendments-order-of-council-2024/note
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