{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1803",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of section 40",
  "text": "In section 40 (appeals)—\n(a) in subsection (1), after paragraph (c) there shall be added—\n“; or\n(d) a decision of the Professional Conduct Committee under section 41(6) giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely; or\n(e) a decision of the General Council under section 45(6) giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely.”;\n(b) in subsection (3), for “or 39(2)” there shall be substituted, “, 39(2), 41(7) or 45(7)”;\n(c) in subsection (4), the word “or” after paragraph (b) shall be omitted and after paragraph (c) there shall be added the following paragraphs—\n“(d) of the Professional Conduct Committee under section 41(6); or\n(e) of the General Council under section 45(6),”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 40 was amended by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995, Schedule, para. 8."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:11.427920+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}