Article 3 Transitory provisions relating to the General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules 1987
On and after the coming into force of article 4(2) of the principal Order (which relates to the reduction in the membership of the General Medical Council to no more than 35 members) and until the transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Order that require cases to be dealt with under the General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules 1987f1 are spent, those Rules are modified as follows—
in the definition of “the President” in rule 2(1), for the word “member” substitute the word “person”; and
in rule 5—
in paragraph (2), for the words “member of the Council nominated by him” substitute the words “person being a registered medical practitioner”,
for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)The Council may appoint one or more other registered medical practitioners to undertake or assist in the initial consideration of cases under this Part of these Rules on behalf of the President or other person appointed under paragraph (2).”, and
in paragraph (4), for the words “member of the Council” substitute the word “person”.