Paragraph 3 Amendment of rule 2

in paragraph (1), insert each of the following definitions at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order—

• ““final outcome”, in relation to any proceedings where there are rights of appeal, means the outcome of the proceedings—

  1. (a)

     once the period for bringing an appeal has expired without an appeal being brought; or

  2. (b)

     if an appeal is brought in accordance with those rights, once those rights have been exhausted;”;

• ““interim order hearing” means a hearing for the purpose of considering whether or not to make, or for the purpose of reviewing, an order under section 13L^f1 (interim orders);”;

• ““licensing body” means any body, other than the Council, anywhere in the world that licenses or regulates any profession;”;

• ““member”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a registrant member of a Committee or a member of a Committee who is a lay person;”;

• ““procedural hearing” means a hearing before a Fitness to Practise Committee other than an interim order hearing or a substantive hearing;”;

• ““responsible officer” has the meaning given in section 30(2)^f2 (offences by body corporate);”;

• ““spent conviction” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a conviction by a court in Great Britain, a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974^f3; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to a conviction by a court in Northern Ireland, a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f4;”;

• ““substantive hearing” means any hearing at which the Fitness to Practise Committee may—

  1. (a)

     make a finding of impairment or otherwise in respect of the fitness to practise, fitness to carry on a business or fitness to undertake training of a registrant; or

  2. (b)

     make an order or direction under sections 13F to 13I^f5 (which relate to the powers of the Fitness to Practise Committee after findings of impairment);”; and

in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it.