Paragraph 4 Preparation for the hearingF1F2
England and Wales
The Health Authority F3or Primary Care Trust which has appointed the discipline committee shall in writing—
inform the parties—
that there will be a hearing,
of the names of the members and deputy members of the discipline committee;
send to the parties copies of any further correspondence relevant to the disciplinary matter; and
request in writing each party to forward to the investigating committee within 14 days from the date of the request, copies of any documentary evidence, and of the names of any witnesses, which that party proposes to produce or call at the hearing.
The Health Authority or Primary Care Trust which has appointed the discipline committee shall give to the parties and the Secretary of the relevant local representative committee of the appropriate Health Authority or Primary Care Trust, not less than 21 days' notice in writing of the date, time and place of the hearing and shall include with the notice to each party—
a copy of any documents supplied by the other party pursuant to a request under sub-paragraph (1)(c);
a request to that party to notify the discipline committee in writing whether or not he intends to attend the hearing.
The chairman of the discipline committee may, upon the application of any party, postpone the hearing if he is satisfied that the attendance of the party or any witness on the date fixed for the hearing is not reasonably practicable, or for any other reason he thinks fit, in which case the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) shall apply as respects the postponed hearing.
The Health Authority or Primary Care Trust which has appointed the discipline committee shall, not less than 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing, supply—
to each member of the discipline committee; and
to the relevant local representative committee for the area of the appropriate Health Authority or Primary Care Trust,
copies of the appropriate Health Authority’s or Primary Care Trust's statement of case, of any response of the practitioner, of any comments made under paragraph 2(2)(a)(ii) and of any further observations or correspondence between the parties.
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. 4 substituted (1.4.1996) by The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/703), regs. 1, 13
- F3
Words in Sch. 4 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)