# The General Pharmaceutical Council (Constitution) Order 2010, Article 6: Removal of members from office

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(1) A member must be removed from office by the Privy Council, if—
(a) the member resigns, which a member may do at any time by a notice in writing to the Privy Council;
(b) in the case of—
(i) a registrant member, the member’s entry in the Register, or part of the Register, ceases to be valid, or
(ii) a lay member, that member becomes a person who no longer satisfies the criteria for being a lay member in paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Order (membership: general);
(c) the member becomes a person of the type mentioned in article 5(a), (b) or (e) to (j) (irrespective of whether or not they subsequently cease to be a person of the type mentioned in those provisions);
(d) the member becomes a person of the type mentioned in article 5(c) or (d);
(e) in the case of a registrant member, the member has become the subject of any investigation or proceedings concerning the member’s fitness to practise by the Council, as a result of which—
(i) the member’s entry in the Register, or part of the Register, is suspended,
(ii) the member’s entry is removed from the Register or part of the Register,
(iii) the member’s entry in the Register, or part of the Register, is made subject to an order imposing conditions with which the member must comply,
and the proceedings relating to that particular sanction have reached their final outcome;
(f) in the case of a registrant member, the member has become the subject of any investigation or proceedings relating to an allegation that the member’s entry in the Register, or part of the Register, was fraudulently procured or incorrectly made, the final outcome of which was the removal of the member’s entry from the Register or part of the Register;
(g) the Privy Council is satisfied that the member’s level of attendance at meetings of the Council falls below a minimum level of attendance acceptable to the Privy Council, having regard to—
(i) any recommended minimum levels of attendance that the Council has set in its standing orders, and
(ii) whether or not there has been reasonable cause for the member’s non-attendance;
(h) the Privy Council is satisfied that the member has failed, without reasonable cause, to undertake satisfactorily the requirements with regard to education and training for members that apply to that member and which the Council has included in its standing orders;
(i) the Privy Council is satisfied that the member is no longer able to perform their duties as a member of the Council because of adverse physical or mental health;
(j) the Privy Council is satisfied that the member’s continued membership of the Council would be liable to undermine public confidence in the regulation of registered pharmacists or pharmacy technicians.
(2) A member who becomes, or may be about to become, a person to whom paragraph (1)(b) to (f) applies must notify the Privy Council and the Council in writing of that fact as soon as that member becomes aware of it.
(3) Any member or employee of the Council may notify the Privy Council if they are of the view that the Privy Council may need to exercise its functions under paragraph (1).
(4) The chair must notify the Privy Council if the chair is aware that—
(a) a member has become, or may be about to become, a person to whom paragraph (1)(b) to (f) applies; and
(b) that member has not notified the Privy Council in writing of that fact and the chair is not satisfied that the member will do so immediately.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/300/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-pharmaceutical-council-constitution-order-2010/article-6
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