Paragraph 18 Practice CommitteesF1
United Kingdom
Subject to any provision made by this Order, the Council shall by rules make provision with regard to the constitution of each Practice Committee, and those rules shall include provision with regard to—
its size and membership;
the appointment, suspension and removal of its members;
its chair, including the deputising arrangements for its chair; and
the quorum at its meetings.
Where the rules provide for one or more panels of members of a Practice Committee to perform functions of the Committee, the provision required by sub-paragraph (1)(d) includes provision with regard to the quorum at meetings of those panels.
The rules may make provision for a body (including a committee of the Council which is not one of the Practice Committees) to assist the Council in connection with the exercise of any function relating to the appointment of members or particular members of a Practice Committee, including any function relating to tenure of office or suspension or removal from office.
Subject to any provision made by or under this Order, including provision made by standing orders of the Council made under paragraph 13(d), each Practice Committee may regulate its own procedure.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 1 para. 18 substituted (13.5.2009 for specified purposes, 1.7.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 1(3)(9), Sch. 2 para. 15(8); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(1)(a)(i)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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Title substituted (2.12.2019) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), s. 70(2), Sch. 5 para. 45; S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(s)