# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 76: Referrals to investigating discipline committees before the relevant date (regulation 5 of the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations)

Extent: N.I.

Where a Board (A) has, before the relevant date, referred a matter in respect of a doctor to another Board (B) in accordance with regulation 4(2)(a) or (7) and –
(a) that matter has not been finally determined by the discipline committee of that Board (B) before the relevant date –
(i) the discipline committee of that Board (B) shall investigate the matter and report to the Board (A) as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 and Schedules 2 and 4 had not taken effect, and
(ii) the Board (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations as if those amendments had not taken effect, subject to Article 74; or
(b) that Board (A) has received the report of the discipline committee of the Board (B) but has not yet determined what (if any) action to take as a result of the report, the Board (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 had not taken effect, subject to Article 74.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/76 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-76
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