# The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution and Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1998, Paragraph 3: Removal of members


(1) Any member may be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) if at any time it shall be determined by a majority of the other members present at a meeting of the Council that he—
(a) has failed to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council and the other members are not satisfied that such failure was occasioned by reasonable cause; or
(b) has without the prior consent of the Council disclosed to any person who is not a member any information or matter which is known to him in confidence by reason of his membership of the Council and should in consequence be removed from office; or
(c) has brought the Council into disrepute or has otherwise acted contrary to the best interests of the Council and should in consequence be removed from office; or
(d) has at any time been found guilty in a court of law of a criminal offence and should in consequence be removed from office; or
(e) has been declared bankrupt or has made an arrangement or composition with his creditors or has had a receiver appointed of his property and should in consequence be removed from office; or
(f) has since becoming a member been found by the Professional Conduct Committee to have been guilty either of conduct which falls short of the standard required of a registered osteopath or of professional incompetence; or
(g) not being an osteopath, has since becoming a member been found guilty of misconduct by any other professional or regulatory body and should in consequence be removed from office.
(2) No member shall be removed from office under this Rule unless—
(a) the Chairman shall first have sent to him a written statement giving him—
(i) particulars of the grounds on which one or more of the matters set out in paragraph (1) is or are considered to apply to him,
(ii) not less than 14 days' notice of the date, time and place of a meeting of the Council at which it is proposed that any determination under paragraph (1) is to be made, and
(iii) the opportunity to submit written representations to the Council or the right to attend at the meeting of the Council and be heard before any such determination is made; and
(b) at any meeting of the Council at which such a determination is made, the number of other members present is not less than 12.
(3) The removal of a member under this Rule shall have effect from the date of the determination under paragraph (1) or such later date as shall be determined by the meeting at which it is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1019/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-of-council-1998/schedule/paragraph-3
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