Regulation 5 Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2013

In regulation 12 (suspension)—

(a)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)
The Board must suspend a Practitioner from a performers list if the Practitioner’s registration—

(a)
in the register of medical practitioners is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983^f1;

(b)
in the dentists register is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 32 of the Dentists Act 1984^f2;

(c)
in the register maintained by the General Optical Council under section 7(a) or 8B(1)(a) of the Opticians Act 1989^f3 is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 13L^f4 of that Act.

(1B)
A suspension under paragraph (1A) will cease to have effect on the date that the interim suspension order referred to in that paragraph ends.

(1C)
Where the Board suspends a Practitioner under paragraph (1A) it must notify the Practitioner of the suspension and the reason for it.”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), after “considering suspending a Practitioner” insert “under paragraph (1)”;

(c)

in paragraph (6), after “suspension” insert “under paragraph (1)”;

(d)

in paragraph (21)—

(i)

after “suspension” where it first appears insert “imposed under paragraph (1)”;

(ii)

for “revoke a suspension” substitute “revoke that suspension”;

(e)

after paragraph (22), insert—

“(23)
Nothing in paragraph (22) prevents a Practitioner from being removed from a performers list pursuant to regulation 11(1)(c), 14 or 17(6)(b).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c.54. Section 41A was inserted by S.I. 2000/1803, article 10, substituted by S.I. 2002/3135, articles 2 and 13 and amended by S.I. 2006/1914, articles 2, 14 and 59.
f2: 1984 c.24. Section 32 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2011, articles 2 and 23.
f3: 1989 c.44. Section 7(a) was substituted by S.I. 2005/848, articles 2 and 7(1); section 8B was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101, regulations 178 and 180.
f4: Section 13L was inserted by S.I. 2005/848, articles 2 and 16.