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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-order-2010-appeals-transitional-provisions-order-of-council-2010/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2150",
  "legislation_title": "The Pharmacy Order 2010 (Appeals – Transitional Provisions) Order of Council 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-order-2010-appeals-transitional-provisions-order-of-council-2010",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appealable fitness to practise decisions: right to appeal a decision of the Society",
  "text": "(1) This article applies, for transitional purposes, where—\n(a) an appealable fitness to practise decision has been made by the Society or any of its committees before the appointed day; and\n(b) the period within which an appeal may be brought to the relevant court against that decision under article 56(2) of the 2007 Order (appeals against appealable fitness to practise decisions) by the person in respect of whom the decision was made (“the person concerned”) has not, immediately before the appointed day, expired.\n(2) An appeal may be brought by the person concerned to the relevant court against a decision to which this article applies provided that the appeal is brought (subject to any rules of court in respect of the admissibility of applications to it) before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the written notice of the reasons for the decision was sent to that person.\n(3) The proceedings in respect of an appeal which is brought by virtue of paragraph (2) must be disposed of by the relevant court in accordance with the relevant provisions of the 2007 Order as if those provisions remained in force.\n(4) Part 5 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 2007 Order apply in respect of any decision of the relevant court that is made by virtue of paragraph (3); and in the application of those provisions by virtue of this paragraph any references—\n(a) to the Society, are to be treated as references to the Council;\n(b) to the Investigating Committee, are to be treated as references to the Investigating Committee of the Council established under article 4(6)(a) of the Order;\n(c) to the Disciplinary Committee or the Health Committee, are to be treated as references to the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Council established under article 4(6)(b) of the Order; and\n(d) to the Registrar, are to be treated as references to the Registrar for the purposes of the Order.\n(5) In this article, “the relevant court” means—\n(a) in a case where the person making the appeal is domiciled in Scotland, the Court of Session; and\n(b) in any other case, the High Court.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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