{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/330",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A joint discipline committee shall consist of–\n(a) a chairperson appointed in accordance with paragraph 4; and\n(b) five other members of whom–\n(i) one shall be a lay person appointed by the Health Board;\n(ii) one shall be a doctor appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the medical discipline committee;\n(iii) one shall be a dentist appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the dental discipline committee;\n(iv) one shall be a pharmacist appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the pharmaceutical discipline committee;\n(v) one shall be an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the ophthalmic discipline committee.\n(2) A member of a joint discipline committee appointed by a discipline committee under sub–paragraph (1)(b)(ii) to (v) shall already be a member of the discipline committee which appoints him or her, or a deputy for such a member.\n(3) A member of the joint discipline committee appointed by a discipline committee shall not take part in an investigation by the joint discipline committee unless the matter to be investigated involves a question relating to a relevant practitioner.\n(4) For the purposes of sub–paragraph (3) a relevant practitioner is–\n(a) in relation to a member appointed by the medical discipline committee, a doctor;\n(b) in relation to a member appointed by the dental discipline committee, a dentist or dental body corporate;\n(c) in relation to a member appointed by the ophthalmic discipline committee, an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician;\n(d) in relation to a member appointed by the pharmaceutical discipline committee, a pharmacist.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 para. 2(4)(b) inserted (2.7.2010) by The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/226), regs. 1(1), 2(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.7.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:59.139894+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."
}