# The Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 4: Amendment of the National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

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(1) The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “complaint”;
(b) omit paragraph (2).
(3) In regulation 4 (provisions relating to the start of disciplinary proceedings) omit paragraphs (4) and (5).
(4) In regulation 6 (time limits)—
(a) omit paragraph (1);
(b) in paragraph (5), for “(1), (2), (3) or (4)”, substitute “(2), (3) or (4)”.
(5) In paragraph 6(5) (procedure at the hearing) of Schedule 2 (procedure for investigation by discipline committees), for “the investigation of the complaint” in each place it occurs, substitute “consideration as part of the hearing”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/36/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-4
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