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The Hearing Aid Council Monetary Penalty (Increase) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/3052 · Made 5 December 1993

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HEARING AID COUNCIL

Made 5th December 1993

Laid before Parliament 8th December 1993

Coming into force 31st December 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 7(6) of the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 50 (as extended by 1975 c. 39); section 7(6) was inserted by section 3(5) of the Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act 1989 c. 12.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Hearing Aid Council Monetary Penalty (Increase) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 31st December 1993.

2

In section 7(1)(ii) of the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968f1 for the figure of “£1000” there shall be substituted the figure of “£5000”.

Signature

Strathclyde

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Trade and Industry

5th December 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the maximum Monetary Penalty which may be imposed by the Disciplinary Committee of the Hearing Aid Council from £1000 to £5000. The Council was established under section 1 of the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 and the Disciplinary Committee was set up in exercise of the powers conferred on the Council under section 6 of that Act. The Committee considers and determines disciplinary cases and under section 7(1) of the Act may impose penalties including a monetary penalty.