Paragraph 16 Amendment of rule 29
In rule 29 (which relates to the Hearings Panel), in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute the following sub-paragraph—
“(b)ensure that—
(i)a person who is selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee for an interim order hearing in any case is not selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee at any subsequent procedural hearing or substantive hearing in that case, and
(ii)a person who served as a member of the Investigation Committee when it considered a case is not selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee on any occasion when it considers that case; and”.