# The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) A joint discipline committee shall consist of—
(a) a chairman appointed in accordance with paragraph 4; and
(b) ten other members of whom—
(i) two shall be lay persons appointed by the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust,
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iv) two shall be pharmacists appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the pharmaceutical discipline committee,
(v) two shall be ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the ophthalmic discipline committee.
(2) A person appointed as a member of a joint discipline committee by a discipline committee under sub-paragraph (1)(b) (iv) or (v) shall already be a member of the discipline committee which appoints him or a deputy for such a member.
(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.
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) a relevant practitioner is—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) in relation to a member appointed by the ophthalmic discipline committee, an ophthalmic medical practioner or an optician;
(d) in relation to a member appointed by the pharmaceutical discipline committee, a chemist.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/664/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-regulations-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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