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Paragraph 2 F1F2

England and Wales

(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 F3or Primary Care Trust,

F4(ii)

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F5(iii)

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(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) F6(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—

F7(a)

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F8(b)

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(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.

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

Sch. 2 substituted (1.4.1996) by The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/703), regs. 1, 12

F3

Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(i) 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

Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(b)(ii) 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(n)(i) (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)(n)(i) (with arts. 71, 72)

F5

Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(b)(iii) 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(13)(a)(i) (with arts. 31-37); and 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(13)(a)(i) (with arts. 31-37)

F6

Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(2) substituted (E.) (1.4.2006) by 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(13)(a)(ii) (with arts. 31-37); and substituted (W.) (1.4.2006) by 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(13)(a)(ii) (with arts. 31-37)

F7

Sch. 2 para. 2(4)(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(n)(iii) (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)(n)(iii) (with arts. 71, 72)

F8

Sch. 2 para. 2(4)(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(13)(a)(i) (with arts. 31-37); and 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(13)(a)(i) (with arts. 31-37)