# Health Professions Order 2001 (Legal Assessors) Order of Council 2003, Article 3: Citation, commencement and interpretation


Where the Council or a Committee—
(a) has begun to deliberate on its decision; and
(b) considers that it would be prejudicial to the discharge of its functions for the advice to be tendered in the presence of the parties or their representatives,
the advice may be given in the absence of the parties or their representatives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1578/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-professions-order-2001-legal-assessors-order-of-council-2003/article-3
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