SCHEDULE
THE GENERAL CHIROPRACTIC COUNCIL (PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE) RULES 1999
The General Chiropractic Council, in exercise of its powers under sections 35(2) and 37 of the Chiropractors Act 19942, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—
1. Citation and commencement
These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules 1999, and shall come into force on 10th November 1999.
2. Interpretation
In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994;
“the Council” means the General Chiropractic Council;
“the prescribed amount” means—
(a) in respect of a period of insurance expiring on or before 31st December 2000, the amount of £1,000,000, and
(b) in respect of a period of insurance expiring after that date, the amount of £3,000,000; and
“the prescribed risks” means the risks that are prescribed by Rule 4(1), and
“prescribed risk” shall be construed accordingly.
3. Requirement to insure
(1) Every registered chiropractor practising as a chiropractor in the United Kingdom shall, whilst in practice, secure and maintain insurance against liability to or in relation to his patients in respect of the prescribed risks.
(2) The insurance secured and maintained under this Rule shall indemnify the chiropractor for an aggregate sum for each period of insurance of not less than the prescribed amount, being an aggregate sum indemnified in respect of all claims...
