Regulation 3 Establishment of committeesF1F2
England and Wales
Subject to paragraph (2) every Health Authority F3or Primary Care Trust shall have—
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an ophthalmic discipline committee;
a pharmaceutical discipline committee; and
a joint discipline committee,
and may, where it sees fit, have two or more of any of those committees.
The committees mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be known as discipline committees.
Three or more Health Authorities or Primary Care Trusts may appoint discipline committees jointly and in these Regulations a reference to a discipline committee of a Health Authority or Primary Care Trust includes a reference to a discipline committee jointly appointed by three or more Health Authorities or Primary Care Trusts.
A Health Authority or Primary Care Trust may have a reference committee which shall include one member who is both an officer and a member of that Health Authority or Primary Care Trust and which may exercise the Health Authority’s or Primary Care Trust's functions under these Regulations with respect to the referral of disciplinary matters.
Schedule 2 shall have effect with respect to the committees mentioned in paragraph (1).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked (E.) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1909), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 1(1)(a)
- F2
Regs. 3-13 substituted for regs. 3-14 (1.4.1996) by The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/703), regs. 1, 4 (with reg. 15)
- F3
Words in reg. 3 inserted (1.10.2002) by The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469), regs. 1, 8, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 12 Pts. 1, 2)
- F4
Reg. 3(1)(a) omitted (E.) (1.4.2004) by virtue of The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/865), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 10(b) (with arts. 94-104); and omitted (W.) (1.4.2004) by virtue of The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1016), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(b) (with arts. 71, 72)
- F5
Reg. 3(1)(b) omitted (E.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The General Dental Services, Personal Dental Services and Abolition of the Dental Practice Board Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/562), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(3) (with arts. 31-37); and reg. 3(1)(b) omitted (W.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/946), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(3) (with arts. 31-37)
Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Pt. II applied in part (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1073), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(c)
- C2
Pt. II applied in part (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1073), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 1(c)
- C3
Pt. II applied in part (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1073), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 para. 2(c)
- C4
Pt. II applied in part (20.10.2023) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1053), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(1)(d)