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General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1987

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1987 No. 1120

MEDICAL PROFESSION

The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1987

Made 29th June 1987

Laid before Parliament 6th July 1987

Coming into force 1st August 1987

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 29th day of June 1987

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Whereas, in pursuance of paragraphs 20, 21 and 22 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 19831, the General Medical Council have made the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules 1987;

And whereas, by paragraph 24 of the said Schedule, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council;

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said Rules into consideration, are pleased to approve the same as set out in the Appendix to this Order.

This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1987, and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

APPENDIX

THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (CONSTITUTION OF FITNESS TO PRACTISE COMMITTEES) (AMENDMENT) RULES 1987

The General Medical Council, in exercise of their powers under paragraphs 20, 21 and 22 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983, hereby make the following rules:

SCH-1.1

1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules 1987 and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.

(2) In these rules “the principal rules” mean the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) Rules 19862.

SCH-1.2

2. Amendment of the principal rules

(1) The principal rules shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions—

(2) In Rule 4 (composition of the Professional Conduct Committee)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (1)

(i) for the number “twenty-nine” there shall be substituted the number “thirty-two”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “three lay members” there shall be substituted the words “six lay members”.

(b)

(b) for paragraphs (4) and (5) there shall be substituted the following—

SCH-1.4

“4 Eleven members of the Committee shall be invited to attend for the hearing of any case, who shall be selected so as to include the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman or both, and such other members...

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