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Medical Act 1983
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- (2) The General Council shall be constituted as provided by Her Majesty by Order in Council under this section subject to the provisions of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act.
- (3) There shall be seven committees of the General Council known as the Education Committee, the Interim Orders Committee, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance and the Health Committee (in this Act referred to as “*the statutory committees*”) constituted in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act and having the functions assigned to them by or under this Act.
- (3) The General Council shall have the following committees—
- (a) the Education Committee,
- (b) one or more Interim Orders Panels,
- (c) one or more Registration Decisions Panels,
- (d) one or more Registration Appeals Panels,
- (e) the Investigation Committee,
- (f) one or more Fitness to Practise Panels,
constituted in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act and having the functions assigned to them by or under this Act.
- (3A) The committees of the General Council specified in paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (3) above are referred to in this Act as “the statutory committees”.
- (4) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the General Council, its branch councils and committees, its proceedings, its officers and its accounts.
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The powers of the General Council shall include the power to provide, in such manner as the Council think fit, advice for members of the medical profession on standards of professional conduct or performance or on medical ethics.
The powers of the General Council shall include the power to provide, in such manner as the Council think fit, advice for members of the medical profession on—
- (a) standards of professional conduct;
- (b) standards of professional performance; or
- (c) medical ethics.
#### Professional misconduct and criminal offences
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- (1) Where a fully registered person—
- (a) is found by the Professional Conduct Committee to have been convicted in the British Islands of a criminal offence, or to have been convicted elsewhere of an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence, whether while so registered or not; or
- (b) is judged by the Professional Conduct Committee to have been guilty of serious professional misconduct, whether while so registered or not;
the Committee may, if they think fit, direct—
- (i) that his name shall be erased from the register;
- (ii) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction; or
- (iii) that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests.
- (2) Where a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (1) above by the Professional Conduct Committee or under section 41A by the Interim Orders Committeeor the Professional Conduct Committee is judged by the Professional Conduct Committee to have failed to comply with any of the requirements imposed on him as conditions of his registration the Committee may, if they think fit, direct—
- (a) that his name shall be erased from the register; or
- (b) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction.
- (3) Where the Professional Conduct Committee have given a direction for suspension under subsection (1) or (2) above, the Committee may—
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#### Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.
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#### Power to order immediate suspension after finding of professional misconduct or unfitness to practise
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- (1) On giving a direction for erasure or a direction for suspension under section 35D(2), (10) or (12) above, or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act, in respect of any person the Fitness to Practise Panel, if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the best interests of that person, may order that his registration in the register shall be suspended forthwith in accordance with this section.
- (2) On giving a direction for conditional registration under section 35D(2) above, or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act, in respect of any person the Fitness to Practise Panel, if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the best interests of that person, may order that his registration be made conditional forthwith in accordance with this section.
- (3) Where, on the giving of a direction, an order under subsection (1) or (2) above is made in respect of a person, his registration in the register shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) or made conditional, as the case may be, from the time when the order is made until the time when—
- (a) the direction takes effect in accordance with—
- (i) paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to this Act; or
- (ii) rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of that Schedule; or
- (b) an appeal against it under section 40 below or paragraph 5A(4) of that Schedule is (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (4) Where a Fitness to Practise Panel make an order under subsection (1) or (2) above, the Registrar shall forthwith serve a notification of the order on the person to whom it applies.
- (5) If, when an order under subsection (1) or (2) above is made, the person to whom it applies is neither present nor represented at the proceedings, subsection (3) above shall have effect as if, for the reference to the time when the order is made, there were substituted a reference to the time of service of a notification of the order as determined for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
- (6) Except as provided in subsection (7) below, while a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of subsection (1) above, he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it.
- (7) Notwithstanding subsection (6) above, sections 35C to 35E above shall continue to apply to a person whose registration in the register is suspended.
- (8) The relevant court may terminate any suspension of a person’s registration in the register imposed under subsection (1) above or any conditional registration imposed under subsection (2) above, and the decision of the court on any application under this subsection shall be final.
- (9) In this section “the relevant court” has the same meaning as in section 40(5) below.
#### Fraud or error in relation to registration
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- (1) If the General Council are satisfied that any entry in the register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made, they may direct that the entry shall be erased from the register.
- (2) Where the General Council give a direction for the erasure of a person’s name under this section, the Registrar shall forthwith serve on that person a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against the decision in accordance with section 40 below.
#### Appeals
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- (1) The following decisions are appealable decisions for the purposes of this section, that is to say—
- (a) a decision of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 35D above giving a direction for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration or varying the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration;
- (b) a decision of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 41(9) below giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely; or
- (c) a decision of the General Council under section 45(6) below giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (2) A decision of the General Council under section 39 above giving a direction for erasure is also an appealable decision for the purposes of this section.
- (3) In subsection (1) above—
- (a) references to a direction for suspension include a reference to a direction extending a period of suspension; and
- (b) references to a direction for conditional registration include a reference to a direction extending a period of conditional registration.
- (4) A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (1) has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 35E(1) above, or section 41(10) or 45(7) below, appeal against the decision to the relevant court.
- (5) In subsection (4) above, “the relevant court”—
- (a) in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Scotland, means the Court of Session;
- (b) in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Northern Ireland, means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland; and
- (c) in the case of any other person (including one appealing against a decision falling within subsection (1)(c) above), means the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
- (6) A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (2) above has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 39(2) above, appeal against the decision to a county court or, in Scotland, the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the address in the register is situated.
- (7) On an appeal under this section from a Fitness to Practise Panel, the court may—
- (a) dismiss the appeal;
- (b) allow the appeal and quash the direction or variation appealed against;
- (c) substitute for the direction or variation appealed against any other direction or variation which could have been given or made by a Fitness to Practise Panel; or
- (d) remit the case to the Registrar for him to refer it to a Fitness to Practise Panel to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court,
and may make such order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) as it thinks fit.
- (8) On an appeal under this section from the General Council, the court (or the sheriff) may—
- (a) dismiss the appeal;
- (b) allow the appeal and quash the direction appealed against; or
- (c) remit the case to the General Council to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court (or the sheriff),
and may make such order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) as it (or he) thinks fit.
- (9) On an appeal under this section from a Fitness to Practise Panel, the General Council may appear as respondent; and for the purpose of enabling directions to be given as to the costs of any such appeal the Council shall be deemed to be a party thereto, whether they appear on the hearing of the appeal or not.
#### Restoration of names to the register
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- (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (6) below, where the name of a person has been erased from the register under section 35D above, a Fitness to Practise Panel may, if they think fit, direct that his name be restored to the register.
- (2) No application for the restoration of a name to the register under this section shall be made to a Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (a) before the expiration of five years from the date of erasure; or
- (b) in any period of twelve months in which an application for the restoration of his name has already been made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased.
- (3) An application under this section shall be made to the Registrar who shall refer the application to a Fitness to Practise Panel.
- (4) In the case of a person who was provisionally registered under section 15, 15A or 21 above before his name was erased, a direction under subsection (1) above shall be a direction that his name be restored by way of provisional registration under section 15, 15A or 21 above, as the case requires.
- (5) The requirements of Part II or Part III of this Act as to the experience required for registration as a fully registered medical practitioner shall not apply to registration in pursuance of a direction under subsection (1) above.
- (6) Before determining whether to give a direction under subsection (1) above, a Fitness to Practise Panel shall require an applicant for restoration to provide such evidence as they direct as to his fitness to practise; and they shall not give such a direction if that evidence does not satisfy them.
- (7) Where the Professional Conduct Committee give a direction under subsection (6), the Registrar shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40.
- (8) Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (6) may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was given, apply to the Professional Conduct Committee for that direction to be reviewed by the Committee and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.
- (9) Where, during the same period of erasure, a second or subsequent application for the restoration of a name to the register, made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased, is unsuccessful, a Fitness to Practise Panel may direct that his right to make any further such applications shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (10) Where a Fitness to Practise Panel give a direction under subsection (9) above, the Registrar shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40 above.
- (11) Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (9) above may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was given, apply to the Registrar for that direction to be reviewed by a Fitness to Practise Panel and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.
#### Preliminary proceedings as to professional misconduct and unfitness to practise
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#### Proceedings before Professional Conduct, Health and Preliminary Proceedings Committees
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Schedule 4 to this Act (which contains supplementary provisions about proceedings before the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels) shall have effect.
#### Effect of disqualification in another member State on registration in the United Kingdom
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- (1) A person who is subject to a disqualifying decision in an EEA State in which he is or has been established in medical practice shall not be entitled to be registered by virtue of section 3(1)(b) above for so long as the decision remains in force in relation to him.
- (2) A disqualifying decision in respect of a person is a decision, made by responsible authorities of the EEA State in which he was established in medical practice or in which he acquired a primary United Kingdom or primary European qualification, and—
- (a) expressed to be made on the grounds that he has committed a criminal offence or on grounds related to his professional conduct, professional performance or physical or mental health; and
- (b) having in that State the effect either that he is no longer registered or otherwise officially recognised as a medical practitioner, or that he is prohibited from practising medicine there.
- (3) If a person has been registered by virtue of section 3(1)(b) above and it is subsequently shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he was subject to a disqualifying decision in force at the time of registration, and that the decision remains in force, the Registrar shall remove the person’s name from the register.
- (4) If registration is refused or a person’s name is removed from the register in accordance with subsection (3) above—
- (a) the Registrar shall, on request, state in writing the reasons for the refusal, or the removal, as the case may be;
- (b) the person may appeal by giving notice in writing to the General Council; and
- (c) any such appeal shall be determined by the General Council or, if the Council have delegated their functions under this subsection to a committee, by that committee.
- (5) If a person has been registered as a fully registered medical practitioner by virtue of section 3(1)(b) above at a time when a disqualifying decision was in force in respect of him, and he has been so registered for a period of not less than one month throughout which the decision had effect—
- (a) a Fitness to Practise Panel may direct that his registration be suspended for such period, not exceeding the length of the first-mentioned period, as the Panel think fit, and the period of suspension shall begin on a date to be specified in the Panel’s direction; and
- (b) sections 35E(1) and (3) and 40 and paragraphs 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect, with any necessary modifications, in relation to suspension under this subsection.
- (6) Where on or after the date on which a person was registered by virtue of section 3(1)(b) above a disqualifying decision relating to him comes into force, this Part of this Act shall apply, with any necessary modifications, as if it had been found that he had been convicted of the criminal offence referred to in the disqualifying decision, or that his professional conduct, professional performance or physical or mental health had been such as is imputed to him by that decision, as the case may be.
- (7) Subsection (1) of section 18 above shall not apply to a person, and that person shall not be registered as a visiting EEA practitioner, at any time when he is subject to a disqualifying decision imposed by a member State or its competent authority (within the meaning of that section).
#### Disciplinary provisions affecting practitioners who render services while visiting the United Kingdom
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- (1) If a national of an EEA State who has medical qualifications entitling him to registration under section 3 above but is not so registered and who renders medical services while visiting the United Kingdom (whether or not registered as a visiting EEA practitioner)—
- (a) is found by a Fitness to Practise Panel to have been convicted of a criminal offence in any EEA State where he was practising medicine; or
- (b) is subject to a finding that his fitness to practise is impaired,
the Panel may, if they think fit, impose on him a prohibition in respect of the rendering of medical services in the United Kingdom in the future.
- (2) A prohibition imposed under this section shall either relate to a period specified by a Fitness to Practise Panel or be expressed to continue for an indefinite period.
- (3) A person may apply to the General Council for termination of a prohibition imposed on him under this section and the Council may, on any such application, terminate the prohibition or reduce the period of it; but no application may be made under this subsection—
- (a) earlier than five years from the date on which the prohibition was imposed; or
- (b) in the period of twelve months following a decision made on an earlier application.
- (4) Section 18(1) above does not apply to a person, and that person shall not be registered as a visiting EEA practitioner, at a time when he is subject to a prohibition imposed by a Fitness to Practise Panel under this section.
- (5) Before determining whether to terminate a prohibition under subsection (3) above, the General Council shall require the person applying for its termination to provide such evidence as they direct as to one or more of his good character, professional competence and health; and they shall not terminate the prohibition if that evidence does not satisfy them.
- (6) Where, during the same period of prohibition, a second or subsequent application for termination of the prohibition, made by or on behalf of a person on whom the prohibition has been imposed, is unsuccessful, the General Council may direct that his right to make any further such applications shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (7) Where the General Council give a direction under subsection (6) above, the Registrar shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40 above.
- (8) Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (6) above may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was made, apply to the General Council for that direction to be reviewed by the General Council and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.
## Part VI — Privileges of Registered Practitioners
#### Recovery of fees
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- (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) below, no person shall be entitled to recover any charge in any court of law for any medical advice or attendance, or for the performance of any operation, or for any medicine which he has both prescribed and supplied unless he proves that he is fully registered.
- (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to fees in respect of medical services lawfully rendered in the United Kingdom by a person who is a national of any EEA State without first being registered under this Act if he has previously complied with the requirements of subsection (2) of section 18 above or subsequently complies with those requirements as modified in respect of urgent cases by subsection (3) of that section.
- (3) Where a practitioner is a fellow of a college of physicians, fellows of which are prohibited by byelaw from recovering by law their expenses, charges or fees, then, notwithstanding that he is fully registered, the prohibitory byelaw, so long as it is in force, may be pleaded in bar of any legal proceedings instituted by him for the recovery of expenses, charges or fees.
#### Appointments not to be held except by fully registered practitioners
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- (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, no person who is not fully registered shall hold any appointment as physician, surgeon or other medical officer—
- (a) in the naval, military or air service,
- (b) in any hospital or other place for the reception of persons suffering from mental disorder, or in any other hospital, infirmary or dispensary not supported wholly by voluntary contributions,
- (c) in any prison, or
- (d) in any other public establishment, body or institution,
or to any friendly or other society for providing mutual relief in sickness, infirmity or old age.
- (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person who is not a Commonwealth citizen from being and acting as the resident physician or medical officer of any hospital established exclusively for the relief of foreigners in sickness, so long as he—
- (a) has obtained from a foreign university a degree or diploma of doctor in medicine and has passed the regular examinations entitling him to practise medicine in his own country, and
- (b) is engaged in no medical practice except as such a resident physician or medical officer.
- (3) None of the suspension events mentioned in subsection (4) below shall terminate any appointment such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, but the person suspended shall not perform the duties of such an appointment during the suspension.
- (4) The suspension events are—
- (a) the suspension of registration of a person by a Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (i) following a finding of impairment of fitness to practise by reason of deficient professional performance or adverse physical or mental health under section 35D above, or
- (ii) under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act;
- (b) an order for immediate suspension by a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 38(1) above; or
- (c) an interim suspension order by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 41A above (or such an order as extended under that section).
#### Certificates invalid if not signed by fully registered practitioners
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A certificate required by any enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, from any physician, surgeon, licentiate in medicine and surgery or other medical practitioner shall not be valid unless the person signing it is fully registered.
#### Penalty for pretending to be registered
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- (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, any person who wilfully and falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of physician, doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine and surgery, bachelor of medicine, surgeon, general practitioner or apothecary, or any name, title, addition or description implying that he is registered under any provision of this Act, or that he is recognised by law as a physician or surgeon or licentiate in medicine and surgery or a practitioner in medicine or an apothecary, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale . . .
- (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to anything done by a person who is a national of any EEA State for the purposes of or in connection with the lawful rendering of medical services by him without first being registered under this Act if he has previously complied with the requirements of subsection (2) of section 18 above or subsequently complies with its requirements as modified in respect of urgent cases by subsection (3) of that section.
- (3) Any penalty to which a person is liable on summary conviction under subsection (1) above may be recovered in Scotland by any person before the sheriff or the district court who may, on the appearance or the default to appear of the accused, proceed to hear the complaint, and where the offence is proved or admitted the sheriff or court shall order the accused to pay the penalty as well as such expenses as the sheriff or court shall think fit.
- (4) Any sum of money arising from conviction and recovery of penalties as mentioned in subsection (3) above shall be paid to the treasurer of the General Council.
## Part VII — Miscellaneous and General
#### Default powers of Privy Council
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- (1) If at any time it appears to the Privy Council that—
- (a) the Education Committee have failed to secure the maintenance of the prescribed standard of proficiency at examinations; or
- (b) the General Council or the Education Committee ought to exercise any power, perform any duty, or do any act or thing vested in, imposed on or authorised to be done by them, by any provision of this Act except section 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 32(1) to (3) or (7) to (9) ... or paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to this Act,
the Privy Council may notify their opinion to the General Council or that Committee as the case requires.
- (2) If the General Council fail to comply with any directions of the Privy Council relating to a notification given under subsection (1) above, the Privy Council may themselves give effect to those directions, and for that purpose may exercise any power vested in the General Council or do any act or thing authorised to be done by that Council and may of their own motion do any act or thing which under this Act they are authorised to do in pursuance of a representation or suggestion from the General Council.
- (3) Subsection (2) above shall apply to the Education Committee as it applies to the General Council.
#### Exercise of powers to make Orders in Council and other orders
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- (1) Any power of the Privy Council to make orders under the provisions of this Act (except section 9(2) and (5)) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
- (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) below, any statutory instrument containing an Order in Council or order of the Privy Council under any provision of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
- (3) Subsection (2) above does not apply to an Order in Council under section 8(2) above or an order of the Privy Council under section 31(10) or 32(8) above or an order under section 11(5) above, but no order under section 11(5) above shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
#### Exercise of powers by Privy Council
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- (1) Any power vested in the Privy Council by this Act may be exercised by any two or more of the lords and others of the Council.
- (2) Any act of the Privy Council under this Act shall be sufficiently signified by an instrument signed by the clerk of the Council, and an order or act signified by an instrument purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Council shall be deemed to have been duly made or done by the Privy Council, and an instrument so signed shall be received in evidence in all courts and proceedings without proof of the authority or signature of the clerk of the Council or other proof.
#### Proof of certain instruments
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- (1) A copy of any instrument mentioned in subsection (2) below which—
- (a) purports to be printed by the Queen's printers, or by any other printers in pursuance of authority given by the General Council, or
- (b) is certified to be a true copy by the Registrar or by any other person appointed by the General Council, either in addition to or in place of the Registrar, to certify any such instrument,
shall be admissible in evidence.
- (2) The instruments referred to in subsection (1) above are—
- (a) any order of the Privy Council under section 9 above;
- (b) regulations made by the General Council under section 31 or 32 above;
- (c) an order of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 38 above; and
- (d) a direction of the General Council under section 39 above.
#### Saving for certain occupations
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Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or in any way affect the lawful occupation, trade, or business of chemists and druggists and dentists, or the rights, privileges or employment of duly licensed apothecaries in Northern Ireland, so far as the occupation, trade or business extends to selling, compounding or dispensing medicines.
#### Interpretation
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- (1) In this Act—
- “*acceptable overseas qualification*” has the meaning given by section 22(4) above;
- “*additional qualification*” has the meaning given by section 16(2) above;
- “*appointed member*” means a member of the General Council chosen by a university or other body designated as an appointing body by an Order in Council under section 1 above;
- “*appointing body*” means a university or other body having, by virtue of an Order in Council under section 1 above, power to choose an appointed member or members of the General Council;
- “*Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016)*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*disqualifying decision*” has the meaning given by section 44(2) above;
- “*the EEA Agreement*” and “*EEA State*” have the meanings given by section 3(3) above;
- “*elected member*” means a member of the General Council elected under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*exempt person*” has the meaning given in section 19(2) above;
- . . .
- “*fully registered person*” means a person for the time being registered under section 3, 19, 21A, 25 or 27 above as a fully registered medical practitioner, or under section 18 above as a visiting EEA practitioner, and—so far as mentioned in subsection (3) of section 15 (including that subsection as applied by section 15A(4)) or 21 above, but not further, includes a person for the time being provisionally registered;in relation to such employment and such things as are mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (7) of section 22 above, but not in relation to other matters, includes a person for the time being registered under that section with limited registration;and “*fully registered*” shall be construed accordingly;
- “*the General Council*” means the General Medical Council;
- “impaired”, in relation to a person’s fitness to practise, has the meaning given in section 35C(2) above;
- “*limited registration*” has the meaning given by section 22(2) above;
- “*national*”, in relation to a EEA State, has the same meaning as in the Community Treaties, but does not include a person who by virtue of Article 2 of Protocol No. 3 (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) to the Treaty of Accession is not to benefit from Community provisions relating to the free movement of persons and services;
- “*the necessary knowledge of English*”, in relation to an applicant for registration under this Act, means the knowledge which, in the interests of himself and his patients, is necessary for the practice of medicine in the United Kingdom;
- “*nominated member*” means a member of the General Council nominated by Her Majesty under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*the permitted period*”, in relation to limited registration, has the meaning given by section 22(3) above;
- “*the prescribed knowledge and skill*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*a prescribed pattern of experience*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*the prescribed standard of proficiency*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*primary European qualification*” shall be construed in accordance with section 17 above;
- “*primary United Kingdom qualification*” has the meaning given by section 4(3) above;
- “*professional performance*” includes a medical practitioner’s professional competence;
- “*provisionally registered*” means provisionally registered under section 15 , 15A or 21 above;
- “*qualification*”, except where the context otherwise requires, means any diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letters testimonial, certificate or other status or document granted in respect of any branch or branches of medicine by any university, corporation, college or other body or by any department of, or persons acting under the authority of, the government of any country or place;
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- “*the register*” means the register of medical practitioners, except that, in relation to a person registered with limited registration, it means the register of medical practitioners with limited registration;
- “*the Registrar*” has the meaning given by section 2(1) above but subject to sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*revalidation*” has the meaning given in section 29A above;
- . . .
- “the statutory committees” has the meaning given in section 1(3A) above;
- (2) In relation to anything done before the adoption by the Council of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016), references in this Act to that Directive, or to any provision of that Directive, shall be construed as references to, or to the corresponding provision of, the following Directives as for the time being amended, namely—
- (a) Council Directive No.[75/362/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1975/0362) concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine; and
- (b) Council Directive No.[75/363/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1975/0363) concerning the coordination of provisions in respect of activities of doctors.
#### Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions and savings
##### 56
- (1) Schedule 5 (consequential amendments) and Schedule 6 (transitional and saving provisions) to this Act shall have effect but without prejudice to the operation of sections 15 to 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals); and in Schedule 6 “*the 1956 Act*” and “*the 1978 Act*” mean the Medical Act 1956 and the Medical Act 1978 respectively.
- (2) Subject to subsection (1) above, the enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part of that Schedule.
- (3) The instruments specified in Part II of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Part, but the re-enactment of Articles 4, 7 and 8 of the Medical Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1977 in provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to the validity of those Articles, and any question as to the validity of them shall be determined as if the re-enacting provision of this Act were contained in a statutory instrument made under the powers under which that Order was made.
#### Short title, commencement and extent
##### 57
- (1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Act 1983.
- (2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
- (3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
## SCHEDULE 1
## Part I — Constitution of the General Medical Council
### General
##### 1
- (1) The General Council shall consist of—
- (a) elected members;
- (b) appointed members; and
- (c) nominated members.
- (2) The numbers of elected members, appointed members and nominated members shall be such that the number of the elected members exceeds the number of the appointed and nominated members.
- (3) The General Council shall consist of no more than 35 members.
### Elected members
##### 2
- (1) Elections of elected members shall be conducted in accordance with an electoral scheme under this paragraph providing for the election of members for the following four constituencies, that is to say—
- (a) England, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
- (b) Wales;
- (c) Scotland; and
- (d) Northern Ireland.
- (1A) The provision that may be made by an electoral scheme includes provision for any of the constituencies listed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (d) above to be divided into two or more separate constituencies.
- (2) An electoral scheme shall be made, with the approval of the Privy Council, by the General Council after consultation with such bodies as appear to the General Council to be representative of medical practitioners.
- (3) An electoral scheme under sub-paragraph (2) above may be amended by the General Council with the approval of the Privy Council and after consultation with such bodies as are mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
- (4) The persons qualified to elect the elected members for any constituency shall be those who, on a date determined in accordance with the electoral scheme—
- (a) are resident in the constituency for which the election is held;
- (b) are fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (c) are holders of licences to practise.
- (5) A person shall not be qualified to be elected as an elected member unless he—
- (a) is fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (b) holds a licence to practise.
- (5A) An electoral scheme shall make provision for the disclosure to those qualified to vote at an election of information (including information concerning fitness to practise) relating to a person seeking election.
- (6) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be taken to be resident at his address in the register.
### Appointed members
##### 3
- (1) Appointed members shall be chosen by such bodies as are designated for the time being as appointing bodies by an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act.
- (2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as an appointed member unless he—
- (a) is fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (b) holds a licence to practise.
- (3) An Order in Council under section 1 of this Act may give an appointing body the power to choose more than one appointed member or to choose an appointed member in combination with another appointing body or bodies.
### Nominated members
##### 4
- (1) Nominated members shall be nominated by the Privy Council.
- (2) One member at least shall be nominated for England, for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
- (3) A nominated member shall be a person who is neither fully registered nor a holder of any qualification registrable under this Act.
### Supplementary
##### 5
An Order in Council under section 1 of this Act may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient.
##### 6
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person shall not be qualified to be a member of the General Council if he has attained the age of seventy years.
- (2) The General Council may by rules provide that sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect with the substitution of such age less than seventy years as is specified in the rules.
- (3) No rules under sub-paragraph (2) above shall come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 7
- (1) Notwithstanding paragraph 1(2) above, an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act—
- (a) may make provision permitting elections to fill casual vacancies among the elected members to be held together, but
- (b) may not permit a casual vacancy among the elected members to be left unfilled for a period exceeding six months, except in accordance with paragraph (c) below, and
- (c) may make provision that a casual vacancy among the elected members need not be filled if the unexpired term of the elected member giving rise to the vacancy is less than twelve months.
- (2) In sub-paragraph (1) above the “unexpired term” means the period beginning with the date on which the member ceased to be a member and ending with the date on which his full term of office would have expired.
##### 8
No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to amend or revoke an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act so far as it relates to the appointing bodies except in pursuance of a representation made to the Privy Council by the General Council.
## Part II — Incidental Powers and Duties and Proceedings of the General Medical Council
### Incidental powers and duties
##### 9
It shall be within the capacity of the General Council as a corporation to do such things and enter into such transactions as are in their opinion incidental or conducive to the performance of their functions under this Act, including the borrowing of money.
##### 10
For the purpose of enabling the General Council to compile or assist in the compilation of statistics relating to medical practice and practitioners the Council may from time to time issue to persons registered under this Act (otherwise than under section 18) requests for information on matters which in the opinion of the Council are relevant for that purpose.
##### 11
The General Council may provide facilities for testing the knowledge of English of applicants for registration under section 21A or 22 of this Act.
### Proceedings of the General Council
##### 12
The validity of any proceedings of the General Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Council or by any defect in the election, appointment or nomination of a member of the Council.
##### 13
The quorum of the General Council shall be prescribed by Her Majesty by Order in Council made under section 1 of this Act.
##### 14
All acts of the General Council shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the members present at any meeting, and if the votes are equal the person who presides at the meeting shall, in addition to his vote as a member of the Council, have a casting vote.
##### 15
- (1) The General Council may by standing order make provision with respect to the meetings and proceedings of and the discharge of their functions by the Council and any committees of the Council, with respect to the composition of committees of the Council and with respect to the functions of the officers of the Council.
- (2) Any standing order made by the Council under this paragraph may be amended or revoked by a subsequent standing order.
- (3) This paragraph does not apply in relation to the statutory committees other than the Education Committee nor shall standing orders be made under it in relation to the discharge of the Council’s functions under section 39 of this Act or in relation to any committee to which those functions may be delegated.
### Officers of the General Council
##### 16
- (1) The General Council shall elect from among their number a president of the General Council and may so elect a chairman and a treasurer or treasurers of the General Council.
- (2) . . . any chairman or treasurer elected in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be elected for a term not extending beyond the expiration of the term for which he has been elected, chosen or nominated to be a member of the General Council.
- (3) The General Council shall appoint a person to be registrar of the Council and may appoint such deputy and assistant registrars of the Council as the Council think fit and where a deputy or assistant registrar is authorised by the Registrar to act for him in any matter, any reference in this Act to the Registrar or in a direction or delegation to him under sub-paragraph (4) below, shall include a reference to that deputy or assistant where the reference relates to that matter.
- (4) Subject to paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to this Act, the Registrar shall, in addition to the functions specifically mentioned in this Act, have such other functions as the General Council may think fit to direct him to perform or delegate to him (whether or not in rules or standing orders).
### Financial provisions
##### 17
There shall be paid to the members of the General Council such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the Council may allow, including payments for duties undertaken as trustees of the Council.
##### 18
- (1) Any fees or other sums payable by virtue of this Act in connection with registration under this Act shall be paid to the General Council, and any expenses of the Council shall be defrayed out of the sums received by the Council either on account of those fees and sums, or from the sale of registers, or otherwise.
- (2) The General Council shall keep proper accounts of all sums received or paid by them, and proper records in relation to those accounts (including records of the evidence furnished by branch councils under paragraph 28 below), and their accounts for each financial year of the Council shall be audited by auditors appointed by the Council.
- (3) No person shall be appointed auditor under this paragraph unless he is eligible for appointment as a company auditor under section 25 of the Companies Act 1989.
- (4) As soon as may be after the accounts of the General Council have been audited, the Council shall cause them to be published and shall send a copy of them to the Privy Council together with a copy of any report of the auditors on them, and the Privy Council shall lay a copy of the accounts and of any report of the auditors on the accounts before each House of Parliament.
## Part III — Committees of the General Medical Council
### The Education Committee
##### 19
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below and the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 below to co-opt members the composition of the Education Committee shall be such as the General Council think fit.
- (2) The members of the Committee chosen by the General Council shall be so chosen as to ensure that the number of appointed members exceeds the number of elected and nominated members or, if there are no nominated members chosen to be members of the Committee, the number of elected members.
### The Preliminary Proceedings Committee
##### 20
The Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Professional Conduct Committee
##### 21
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Professional Conduct Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Health Committee
##### 22
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members the Health Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### Supplementary
##### 23
Rules under paragraphs 21, 21B, and 22 above shall secure that a person who sits as a member of the Interim Orders Committee, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee or the Assessment Referral Committee in proceedings on any case shall not sit as a member of the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee in any subsequent proceedings on that case.
##### 24
Rules under paragraph 19A, 20, 21 , 21A, 21B or 22 above shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 25
- (1) Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this Part of this Schedule the General Council may constitute ... one or more committees.
- (1A) Any committee of the General Council may consist of or include persons who are not members of the Council.
- (2) Subject to and in accordance with paragraph 23 above, a Committee of the General Council may, if authorised to do so by the General Council, co-opt such persons (whether or not members of the Council) as the Committee think fit.
- (3) The General Council may delegate to any committee of the Council such of the Council’s functions as they think fit but the determination of the remuneration payable to visitors appointed by the Education Committee under section 7(1) or 13(1) of this Act or to inspectors appointed by that Committee under section 6(2) of this Act shall be subject to the approval of the General Council.
- (4) Except where rules made by virtue of paragraph 23B above make provision as to quorum in the case of any of the statutory committees, the quorum of a committee of the General Council shall be such as the Council may from time to time determine.
- (5) There shall be paid to the members of the committees of the General Council such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the Council may allow.
## Part IV — The Branch Councils
##### 26
- (1) There shall continue to be a branch council for England, for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
- (2) The branch council for each area shall be constituted as provided by the General Council.
- (2A) Some or all members of a branch council may be persons who are not members of the General Council.
- (3) The General Council may delegate to a branch council such of the functions of the General Council (other than those conferred by section 39 of this Act) as the General Council think fit.
##### 27
Each branch council shall appoint a registrar of the council but the person appointed to be registrar of the General Council—
- (a) shall also be registrar of the branch council for England; and
- (b) may also be registrar of all or any of the other branch councils.
##### 28
The General Council shall furnish each branch council with such sums as the branch council may require for defraying any expenses incurred by the branch council with the approval of the General Council; and each branch council shall furnish the General Council with such evidence as the General Council may reasonably require of all payments made by the branch council out of sums furnished by the General Council.
##### 29
There shall be paid to the members of the branch councils such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the General Council may allow.
## SCHEDULE 2
### Belgium
"Diplôme légal de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accouchements/Wettelijk diploma van doctor in de genees-, heel-en verloskunde " (diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics required by law) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the Central Examining Board or the State University Education Examining Board.
### Denmark
"Bevis for bestaet tegevidenskabelig embedseksamen" (diploma of doctor of medicine required by law) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and " dokumentation for gennemf0rt praktisk uddannelse " (certificate of practical training issued by the competent authorities of the health service).
### France
##### 1
“Diplôme d’Etat de docteur en médecine” (State diploma of doctor of medicine) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the university joint faculties of medicine and pharmacy, or by the universities.
##### 2
“Diplôme d’université de docteur en médecine” (university diploma of doctor of medicine) where that diploma certifies completion of the same training course as that laid down for the State diploma of doctor of medicine.
### Germany
##### 1
“Zeugnis über die ärztliche Staatsprüfung” (the State examination certificate in medicine) awarded by the competent authorities and the “Zeugnis über die Vorbereitungszeit als Medizinalassistent” (certificate stating that the preparatory period as medical assistant has been completed) in so far as German law still requires such a period to complete medical training.
##### 2
Zeugnis über die ärtzliche Staatsprüfung’ (the State examination certificate in medicine) awarded by the competent authorities after 30th June 1988 and the certificate attesting to the practice of medicine during a period of practical training (“Arzt im Praktikum”).
### Greece
πτυχίο ỉατρικñς Σχολñς (degree awarded by the Faculty of Medicine) awarded by a University Faculty of Medicine, and
πιτοτοποιητικό πρακτικñς άσκήσεως (certificate of practical training) issued by the Ministry for Social Services.
### Republic of Ireland
A primary qualification granted in the Republic of Ireland after passing a qualifying examination held by a competent examining body and a certificate of experience granted by that body which give entitlement to registration as a fully registered medical practitioner.
### Italy
" Diploma di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia " (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission.
### Luxembourg
##### 1
“Diplôme d’Etat de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accouchements” (State diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics) awarded by the State Examining Board, and endorsed by the Minister of Education, and “certificat de stage” (certificate of practical training) endorsed by the Minister for Public Health.
##### 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
##### 3
Oulun yliopisto
### The Netherlands
"Universitair getuigschrift van arts" (university certificate of doctor).
## SCHEDULE 3
### Preliminary
##### 1
- (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, any right to registration of persons under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or of qualifications under section 16 or 26 of this Act shall be conditional on the making of such an application, supported by such evidence, as is required by this Schedule.
- (2) Nothing in this Schedule applies to anything done in pursuance of a direction under section 41 of this Act for restoration to the register.
### To which registrar application to be made
##### 2
- (1) The following applications shall be made to the registrar of one of the branch councils, that is to say—
- (a) applications for registration of persons under section 3(1)(a) , 15 or 15A of this Act; and
- (b) applications under section 16 of this Act (other than applications for registration of primary European qualifications where the applicant was registered under section 3(1)(b) of this Act by virtue of those qualifications).
- (2) The following applications shall be made to the Registrar, that is to say—
- (a) applications for registration of persons under section 3(1)(b) of this Act and for the registration of the qualifications of those persons by virtue of which they were entitled to be registered under that paragraph;
- (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (c) applications under section 26 of this Act.
- (3) In the following provisions of this Schedule “*the appropriate registrar*”, in relation to an application for registration, means the registrar to whom, in accordance with this paragraph, the application is made.
### Proof of qualifications
##### 3
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person making an application for registration under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or an application under section 16 of this Act for the registration of the primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications he holds when he is registered under those sections shall produce or send to the appropriate registrar the document conferring or evidencing the qualification by virtue of which the application is made together with a statement of his name and address and such other particulars (if any) as may be required for registration.
- (2) Any university in the United Kingdom or any other body specified in section 4(3) of this Act may from time to time send to the Registrar or the registrar of a branch council lists certified under that body’s seal of the persons who have been granted qualifications by the body stating the qualifications and addresses of the persons included in the list, and a registrar—
- (a) may for the purposes of this Act treat any such list sent to that registrar as sufficient evidence of the entitlement of any person mentioned in it to the qualification or qualifications which he is stated in it to have been granted; and
- (b) on an application for registration under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or an application under section 16 of this Act for the registration of primary United Kingdom qualifications held on registration under those sections may issue a certificate of registration under paragraph 5 below to a person mentioned in any such list sent to that registrar as having been granted a primary United Kingdom qualification without the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above being produced or sent to him.
- (3) Where an application is made for registration under section 3(1)(b) of this Act (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), the appropriate registrar shall take no account of any document issued in accordance with article 11 or 12 of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016) which is received by him more than three months after the date of its issue.
##### 4
A registrar shall not register any qualification, whether on first registration of a person or by way of addition, unless he is satisfied that the person claiming the qualification is entitled to it; but if a registrar to whom an application for registration of a qualification is made determines that he is not so satisfied, the applicant may appeal to the General Council.
### Issue of certificates of registration
##### 5
- (1) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, on an application for the registration of a person under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act the appropriate registrar, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in accordance with the application—
- (a) shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph; and
- (b) in the case of an application under section 3 made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) of that section (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), shall do so before the end of the requisite period.
- (1A) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the requisite period” means—
- (a) the period of three months beginning with the date on which the appropriate registrar received all the documents enabling him to be satisfied of the applicant’s entitlement to be registered in accordance with the application, or
- (b) such longer period as is permitted by article 15 of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016).
- (2) On registering a person under section 19, 21, 21A, 22 and 25 or 27 of this Act the Registrar shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph.
- (3) Subject as aforesaid, on an application for the registration of a qualification under section 16 or 26 of this Act, the appropriate registrar if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to have the qualification registered in accordance with the application shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph.
- (4) A certificate of registration under this paragraph must be in the form prescribed by regulations under section 31 of this Act for entries in the register in question and shall state the name of the applicant and such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations.
### Entry in or alteration of a register
##### 6
- (1) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (2) below, the particulars stated in any certificate of registration issued under paragraph 5(1) or (3) above shall be deemed for all purposes to have been duly registered on the date of issue of the certificate except in so far as they were actually registered before that date, and references in this Act to registration shall be construed accordingly.
- (2) On issuing a certificate of registration under paragraph 5(1) or (3) above the appropriate registrar shall—
- (a) if he is the registrar of a branch council (but is not also the Registrar), with all convenient speed send a copy of the certificate certified under his hand to the Registrar, who shall forthwith cause an appropriate entry or alteration to be made in the register in question; or
- (b) if he is the Registrar, forthwith cause an appropriate entry or alteration to be made in the register in question.
- (3) An entry or alteration made in a register in pursuance of this paragraph shall bear the same date as the certificate of registration by virtue of which it is made.
### Visiting EEA practitioners
##### 7
- (1) No application shall be required for registration under section 18 of this Act.
- (2) The Registrar may issue certificates of registration to visiting EEA practitioners.
## SCHEDULE 4
### Procedure of and evidence before the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels
##### 1
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the General Council shall make rules for the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels with respect to—
- (a) the reference of cases to the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel; and
- (b) the procedure to be followed and rules of evidence to be observed in proceedings before that Committee or such a Panel.
- (2) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with the consideration by the Investigation Committee of whether to warn a person regarding his future conduct or performance under section 35C(6) above shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice shall be given to this effect to the person concerned;
- (b) securing that the person concerned shall be entitled to make representations in writing to the Committee;
- (c) securing that if the Committee determines that there should be an oral hearing, the person concerned shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Committee;
- (d) enabling the person concerned to be represented before the Committee by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules; and
- (e) securing that notice be served on the person concerned of any decision taken in relation to him by the Committee.
- (3) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with the consideration by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel of the making of an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional registration under section 41A above, or in connection with the review of such an interim order, shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the person to whom the proceedings relate;
- (b) securing that a person in relation to whom an order has been made shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Panel on each occasion on which they review the order;
- (c) enabling the person in relation to whom the order has been made to be represented before the Panel by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;
- (d) for service on the person to whom the proceedings relate of notice of any decision taken in relation to him by the Panel; and
- (e) determining when proceedings before the Panel are to be held in public and when in private (including provision securing that they are to be held in public if the person to whom the proceedings relate so requests).
- (4) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with any other proceedings before a Fitness to Practise Panel shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the person to whose registration the proceedings relate;
- (b) securing that any party to the proceedings shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by a Panel;
- (c) enabling any party to the proceedings to be represented before the Panel by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and the party so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;
- (d) in relation to conduct, conviction or determination proceedings, for proceedings before a Panel to be held in public unless and to the extent that the rules provide otherwise; and
- (e) in relation to health or performance proceedings, requiring proceedings before a Panel to be held in public if the person concerned so requests unless and to the extent that the rules provide otherwise.
- (5) Rules made under this paragraph shall specify the relevant date for the purposes of sections 35A and 35B of this Act.
- (6) Before making rules under this paragraph the General Council shall consult such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners, or medical practitioners of any description, as appear to the General Council requisite to be consulted.
- (7) Rules under this paragraph shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
- (8) The Privy Council may approve such rules—
- (a) as submitted to them; or
- (b) subject to such modifications as appear to them to be requisite.
- (9) Where the Privy Council propose to approve rules under this paragraph subject to modifications, they shall—
- (a) notify the General Council of the modifications they propose to make; and
- (b) consider any observations which the General Council may make on the modifications.
- (10) In this paragraph—
- “conduct proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(a) above;
- “performance proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(b) above;
- “conviction proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(c) above;
- “health proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(d) above; and
- “determination proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(e) above.
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- (1) For the purpose of proceedings in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland before—
- (a) the Investigation Committee;
- (b) an Interim Orders Panel; or
- (c) a Fitness to Practise Panel,
the Committee or Panel may administer oaths, and any party to the proceedings may issue a writ of subpoena ad testificandum or duces tecum, but no person shall be compelled under any such writ to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.
- (2) Section 36 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 or section 67 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (which provide a special procedure for the issue of such writs so as to be in force throughout the United Kingdom) shall apply in relation to proceedings before the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel in England and Wales or, as the case may be, in Northern Ireland as those provisions apply in relation to causes or matters in the High Court or actions or suits pending in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.
- (3) For the purpose of proceedings before the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel in Scotland, the Committee or Panel may administer oaths and the Court of Session shall on the application of any party to the proceedings have the like power as in any action in that court—
- (a) to grant warrant for the citation of witnesses and havers to give evidence or to produce documents before the Committee or Panel and for the issue of letters of second diligence against any witness or haver failing to appear after due citation;
- (b) to grant warrant for the recovery of documents; and
- (c) to grant commissions to persons to take the evidence of witnesses or to examine havers and receive their exhibits and productions.
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Where—
- (a) several sittings of the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel or the General Council are required to enable the Committee, a Panel or the Council to dispose of a case; or
- (b) on an appeal to the relevant court under section 40 of this Act, the case is remitted to the Registrar for him to refer the case to a Fitness to Practise Panel or to the General Council for the Panel or the Council to dispose of the case in accordance with directions given by the court,
the validity of the proceedings on the case before the Committee, Panel or Council, as the case may be, shall not be called into question by reason only that members of the Committee, Panel or Council who were present at a former meeting were not present at a later meeting of the Committee, Panel or Council or that members present at a later meeting were not present at a former meeting of the Committee, Panel or Council, as the case may be.
### Reference and transfer of cases to the Health Committee
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### Preliminary proceedings
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### Proceedings for erasure of entries fraudulently or incorrectly made
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- (1) The General Council shall make rules with respect to the discharge by the Council of their functions under section 39 of this Act.
- (2) If the Council delegate their functions under that section to a Fitness to Practise Panel or other committee, rules shall make provision with respect to the discharge of those functions by the Panel or committee.
- (3) Sub-paragraph (6) and (7) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
### Legal assessors
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- (1) For the purposes of advising—
- (a) the Investigation Committee where it is considering giving a warning to a person;
- (b) an Interim Orders Panel; or
- (c) a Fitness to Practise Panel,
on questions of law arising in proceedings before them, there shall in all such proceedings be an assessor to the Panel who shall be appointed by the General Council and shall be—
- (i) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,
- (ii) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing, or
- (iii) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' standing.
- (2) An assessor may be appointed under this paragraph either generally or for any particular proceedings or class of proceedings.
- (3) The Lord Chancellor or, in relation to proceedings in Scotland, the Secretary of State may make rules as to the functions of assessors appointed under this paragraph, including without prejudice to the generality of the powers to make such rules, the function of advising on the drafting of decisions.
- (4) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with proceedings before the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel may in particular contain such provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State expedient for—
- (a) securing that where an assessor advises the Committee or a Panel on any question of law as to evidence, procedure or any other matter specified in the rules, he shall either—
- (i) so advise in the presence of every party, or person representing a party, to the proceedings who appears at the proceedings, or
- (ii) inform every such party or person of the advice that he has tendered, if the advice is tendered after the Committee or the Panel have begun their deliberations;
- (b) securing that every such party or person shall be informed if in any case the Committee or the Panel do not accept the advice of the assessor on any such question,
and may also contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State expedient.
- (5) The General Council may pay to persons appointed to act as assessors such remuneration as the Council may determine.
- (6) The power to make rules under this paragraph shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
### Service of notifications of decisions
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- (1) This paragraph applies to any notice required to be served on a person under section 35C(5), (7) or (8), 35E(1), 39(2), 41(10), 41A(5) or 45(7) of this Act.
- (2) Any such notice may be so served—
- (a) by delivering it to him;
- (b) by leaving it at his proper address;
- (c) by sending it by a registered post service; or
- (d) by sending it by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the notice by post to be recorded.
- (3) For the purposes of this paragraph and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this paragraph, a person’s proper address shall be—
- (a) his address in the register; or
- (b) if the conditions in sub-paragraph (4) below are satisfied, his last known address.
- (4) The conditions are that—
- (a) the person’s last known address differs from his address in the register; and
- (b) it appears to the Registrar that a letter sent to the person at his last known address is more likely to reach him.
- (5) For the purposes of this paragraph—
- (a) the serving of a notice effected by sending it by post shall be deemed to have been effected at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; and
- (b) so much of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 as relates to the time when service is deemed to have been effected shall not apply to a notice sent by post.
### Extension of time for appealing
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Where—
- (a) any notice required by section 35E(1) or 39(2) of this Act to be served on a person by the Registrar is served on him by sending it by post; and
- (b) the Registrar is satisfied, on an application of that person, that the person did not receive the notice within 14 days beginning with the day of the giving of the decision to which the notification relates,
the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, by authorisation in writing extend the time within which an appeal under section 40 of this Act may be brought against the decision.
### Taking effect of directions for erasure, suspension or conditional registration and of variations of conditions of registration
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- (1) A direction for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration given by a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 35D of this Act, a variation by a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 35D(12) or a direction for erasure given by the General Council under section 39 of this Act shall take effect—
- (a) where no appeal under section 40 is brought against the direction or variation within the time specified in that section, on the expiration of that time;
- (b) where such an appeal is so brought but is withdrawn or dismissed for want of prosecution, on the withdrawal or dismissal of the appeal;
- (c) where such an appeal is so brought and is not withdrawn or dismissed for want of prosecution, if and when the appeal is dismissed.
- (2) Where the time for appealing against a direction or variation is extended by an authorisation under paragraph 9 above—
- (a) sub-paragraph (1) shall apply to the direction as if the reference in paragraph (a) to the time specified in section 40 of this Act were a reference to that time as so extended; and
- (b) if the authorisation is given after the expiration of the time specified in section 40 of this Act, the direction or variation shall be deemed not to have taken effect on the expiration of that time,
and any reference in this Act to the time when such a direction takes effect in accordance with this paragraph shall be construed accordingly.
- (3) Any reference in this paragraph to a direction for suspension or for conditional registration includes a reference to a direction extending a period of suspension or conditional registration.
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- (1) If, while a person’s registration is suspended under section 35D(2) of this Act, a direction is given under subsection (5) or (8)(a) or (c) of that section, the suspension of his registration shall continue to have effect throughout any period which may intervene between the time when, but for this sub-paragraph, the suspension of his registration would end and the time when the direction takes effect in accordance with paragraph 10 above or an appeal against it under section 40 of this Act is (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (2) If, on the determination of an appeal under section 40 of this Act, a direction extending a current period of suspension for a further period takes effect after the time when, but for sub-paragraph (1) above, the current period of suspension would have ended, that further period shall be treated as having started to run from that time.
- (3) If, while a person’s registration is subject to conditions imposed under section 35D(2) of this Act, a direction is given under subsection (10) or (12) of that section the conditions attached to his registration shall continue to attach to it throughout any period which may intervene between the time when, but for this sub-paragraph, his registration would cease to be conditional and the time when the direction takes effect in accordance with paragraph 10 above or an appeal against it under section 40 of this Act is (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (4) If, on the determination of an appeal under section 40 of this Act, a direction extending a current period of conditional registration for a further period takes effect after the time when, but for sub-paragraph (3) above, the current period of conditional registration would have ended, that further period shall be treated as having started to run from that time.
### Recording of directions for suspension or conditional registration
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Where a direction under section 35D of this Act or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of this Schedule for suspension or for conditional registration takes effect in relation to any person the Registrar shall record in the register the fact that that person’s registration is suspended or subject to conditions.
### Meaning of “party”
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In this Schedule “party”, in relation to proceedings before the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or Fitness to Practise Panel means any person to whose registration the proceedings relate, or the Solicitor to the General Council.
## SCHEDULE 5
### Dentists Act 1957
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### Mental Health Act 1959
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In the definition of “*medical practitioner*” in section 147(1) of the Mental Health Act 1959 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 ”.
### Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960
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In the definition of “*medical practitioner*” in section 111(1) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 ”.
### Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961
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### Medicines Act 1968
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In section 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
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In section 158(1) of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, in the definition of “doctor” for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Nurses and Midwives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970
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In section 54(1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, in the definition of “doctor” for the words “the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
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In section 20 of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, in the definition of “fully registered person” for the words “section 54(1) of the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
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In section 37(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
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In Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, in the definition of “medical practitioner” for the words “the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969” there shall be substituted the words “ the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Finance Act 1972
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In the Finance Act 1972—
- (a) in Schedule 4 in Note (2)(a) to Group 14 and in Schedule 5 in Note (2) to Group 7 for the words “paragraph (3) of Article 7 of the Medical Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1977” and “that Article” there shall be substituted respectively the words “ subsection (3) of section 18 of the Medical Act 1983 ” and “ that section ”; and
- (b) Note (2)(b) to the said Group 14 and Note (4) to the said Group 7 shall cease to have effect.
### Poisons Act 1972
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In section 11(2) of the Poisons Act 1972 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
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In Article 2(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, in the definition of “registered medical practitioner” for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
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In Article 23 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
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In Article 2(2) of the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, in the definition of “fully registered person” for the words “section 54(1) of the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### National Health Service Act 1977
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In the National Health Service Act 1977—
- (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (b) in section 128(1) for the definition of “medical practitioner” there shall be substituted—
> “*medical practitioner*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
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In the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978—
- (a) in section 19(7) for the words “section 8(1) or (2) of the Medical Act 1978”, “section 9(1)” and “section 13(3)(b)” there shall be substituted respectively the words “ section 37(1) or (2) of the Medical Act 1983 ”, “ section 38(1) ” and “ section 42(3)(b) ”; and
- (b) in section 108(1) for the definition of “medical practitioner” there shall be substituted—
> “*medical practitioner*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Interpretation Act 1978
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In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978, in the definition of “registered medical practitioner”, for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Dentists Act 1983
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## SCHEDULE 6
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Where any period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.
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Where, apart from this paragraph, anything done under or for the purposes of any enactment which is repealed by this Act would cease to have effect by virtue of that repeal it shall have effect as if it had been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Act.
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Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 57(3) of the 1956 Act, anything continued in force by that section shall continue in force following that repeal and so far as it could have been made, given or done under this Act shall have effect as if it had been so made, given or done.
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The repeal of section 4 of the 1978 Act by this Act shall not affect the operation of Article 3 of the Irish Republic (Termination of 1927 Agreement) Order 1979 but after the commencement of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the references in that Article to provisions of the 1956 Act shall have effect as references to the corresponding provisions of this Act.
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Nothing in the repeals made by this Act shall affect any registration or entry or note in a register which has effect by virtue of any enactment repealed by this Act.
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References in any enactment, instrument or other document passed or made before 23rd February 1951 to the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom shall be construed as references to the General Council.
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References (however worded) to the general register kept for the purposes of the 1956 Act in any Act or instrument passed or made before 26th January 1979 shall be construed as references to the register of medical practitioners.
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The reference in section 31(8) of this Act to a person whose name has been erased from the register by virtue of section 30(5) of this Act shall include references to a person whose name has been erased from the register by virtue of section 3(5) of the Medical Act 1969, or section 41(7) of the 1956 Act or the corresponding enactment repealed by that Act.
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A person who immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Medical Act 1969 held an additional qualification within the meaning of section 8 of the 1956 Act as originally enacted shall, if registered under section 3 of this Act or on becoming so registered, be entitled to have the qualification registered; and if he is not registered under section 3 of this Act that qualification shall confer on him the same right to registration under that section as a primary United Kingdom qualification.
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Any reference to infamous conduct in any professional respect in any enactment passed, or in any instrument made, before 1st April 1970 shall, in so far as it relates to the conduct of medical practitioners, be construed as, or as including, a reference to serious professional misconduct.
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- (1) In any enactment passed before 1st January 1979 the expression “legally qualified medical practitioner”, or “duly qualified medical practitioner”, or any expression importing a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed to mean a fully registered person.
- (2) In any enactment passed before 1st January 1979 references (however expressed) to a person registered under the Medical Acts or as a medical practitioner shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to a fully registered person.
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Any direction given or order made under sections 32 to 38 of or Schedule 4 to the 1956 Act or section 15 or 16 of the Medical Act 1969 which had taken effect before 1st August 1980 and was in force immediately before that day shall, if it could be given or made under a provision of this Act have effect on and after that day as if given or made under that provision of this Act and sections 36, 38, 40 and 41 of this Act shall apply accordingly.
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Any reference in any instrument to the Disciplinary Committee or to any provision repealed by section 6(4)(a) of the 1978 Act shall be construed as a reference to the Professional Conduct Committee or to the provision of this Act which corresponds to that repealed provision.
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Nothing in the transfer of functions which was effected by section 15(7) of the 1978 Act shall be taken to affect the validity of the Period of Employment as House Officers Regulations 1951 and any order approving those regulations may be varied or revoked as if the regulations had been made by the Education Committee.
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In relation to any person who was provisionally registered under section 17 of the 1956 Act immediately before section 16 of the 1978 Act came into operation—
- (a) section 15 of the 1956 Act shall continue to have effect as it had immediately before that date;
- (b) section 10 of this Act shall not have effect; and
- (c) the remaining provisions of this Act shall have effect as if references to or to the provisions of section 10 of this Act were references to or to the provisions of section 15 of the 1956 Act.
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The decisions within section 29(2) of this Act shall include those which were within subsection (2) of section 28 of the 1978 Act immediately before the commencement of this Act other than those to which subsection (3) of that section applied.
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Section 41 of this Act applies to a person whose name has been erased from the register under section 33 of the 1956 Act or any corresponding enactment repealed by that Act as it applies to a person whose name is erased under section 36 of this Act.
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Until provision is made with respect to proceedings before the Professional Conduct Committee under section 44 of this Act, rules made or having effect as if made under ... paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act, so far as relating to proof of criminal convictions, shall be applied with any necessary modifications to proof of a disqualifying decision.
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Section 53 of this Act shall apply to a copy of any document to which section 51 of the 1956 Act applied immediately before the commencement of this Act as if such documents were mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.
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- (1) A person registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act shall be deemed to be provisionally registered within the meaning of this Act and the definitions in section 55 of this Act of “provisionally registered” and “a fully registered person” shall have effect accordingly.
- (2) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above—
- (a) sections 30(1)(a) and (b) and 31(4) of this Act shall have effect as if after the words “section 15 above” there were inserted the words “or section 23 of the Medical Act 1956”;
- (b) section 34(4) of this Act shall have effect as if there were inserted at the end the words “or section 23 of the Medical Act 1956”; and
- (c) section 41(3) of this Act shall apply to a person who was provisionally registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act as it applies to a person provisionally registered under section 21 of this Act.
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The re-enactment in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act of section 1(5) of the 1978 Act shall not oblige the General Council to make a new electoral scheme any earlier than they would otherwise have done so.
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Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of the standing orders of the General Council in force immediately before 27th September 1979 and those orders shall have effect as if made under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to this Act.
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- (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the registration of any person under section 22 of the 1978 Act by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to that Act and any such registration shall have effect as if made under section 22 of this Act, but in the case of a person so registered—
- (a) subsection (3) of section 22 shall not apply, and
- (b) subsections (5) to (8) of that section shall apply with the omission in subsection (5) of the reference to the permitted period and of the reference to section 24(1) of this Act.
- (2) Where a person who is or has been registered with limited registration for a period by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applies under section 22 of this Act to be so registered for a further period, the following provisions of that section shall not apply, namely, subsection (3) and, in subsection (5), the reference to the permitted period and to section 24(1) of this Act.
- (3) In relation to persons to whom Part I of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied who are registered with limited registration, this Act shall have effect as if in paragraphs 2(4) and (5) and 3(2) of Schedule 1 for the words “so registered” there were substituted the words “temporarily registered or registered with limited registration”.
- (4) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act any person was treated by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act (pending applications under section 26 of the 1956 Act) as having applied to be registered under section 22 of the 1978 Act he shall after the commencement of this Act be treated as having applied to be registered under section 22 of this Act and as having satisfied the Registrar of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of that section.
- (5) Section 29 of this Act shall have effect as if a refusal to direct that a person be registered with limited registration under section 22 of the 1978 Act or section 22 of this Act by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act were a decision falling within subsection (2) of that section.
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- (1) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to a person, after the commencement of this Act—
- (a) he shall be treated as having been registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner; and
- (b) any qualifications of his registered under section 18 of the 1956 Act shall be treated as having been registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications.
- (2) Sections 22 and 23 of the 1956 Act shall, notwithstanding their repeal by the 1978 Act, continue to have effect in relation to persons who were registered under section 23 immediately before the repeal; and a person who was so registered shall, on satisfying the General Council of the matters specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 22(2) of the 1956 Act, be entitled to be registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner and to have registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications any qualifications which he would have been entitled to have had registered under section 18 of the 1956 Act.
- (3) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to any person he shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above as having been registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act immediately before its repeal.
- (4) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to any person, he shall be entitled to be registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner and to have registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications any qualifications which he would have been entitled to have registered by virtue of that paragraph.
- (5) Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated by virtue of paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act as registered under section 18 of that Act shall after the commencement of this Act be treated as registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner.
## SCHEDULE 7
## Part I — Enactments Repealed
## Part II — Revocation
#### Registration of medical practitioners.
#### Power to appoint visitors of approved hospitals.
##### 15A
- (1) This section shall have effect for enabling a national of an EEA State to be employed for the purpose of enabling him to acquire the clinical experience under appropriate supervision which he needs in order to obtain a primary European qualification.
- (2) A national of an EEA State who, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, shall be entitled to be registered provisionally under this section.
- (3) Any person who—
- (a) is not a national of an EEA State; but
- (b) is, by virtue of a right conferred by article 11 of Regulation [(EEC) No. 1612/68](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/1968/1612), or any other enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and the practice of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of such a State,
shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) as if he were such a national.
- (4) Subsection (3) of section 15 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that.
- (5) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, where he has obtained a medical degree which guarantees that he has fulfilled the requirements of Article 23, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016).
#### Limited registration of persons by virtue of overseas qualifications.
##### 21A
- (1) Where a person satisfies the Registrar—
- (a) that he holds an acceptable overseas qualification other than a primary European qualification;
- (b) that he is an eligible specialist or a qualified general practitioner;
- (c) that he is of good character; and
- (d) that he has the necessary knowledge of English or is an exempt person,
that person shall, if the General Council think fit so to direct, be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.
- (2) In subsection (1)(b) above—
- “eligible specialist” means a person—who—has specialist medical qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a medical specialty in which the United Kingdom awards a CCST, andhas satisfied the competent authority that those qualifications are equivalent to a CCST; orwho—has specialist medical qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a specialty in which the United Kingdom does not award a CCST, orhas knowledge of or experience in any medical specialty derived from academic or research work,and has satisfied the competent authority that these give him a level of knowledge and skill consistent with practice as a consultant in that specialty in the National Health Service; and
- “qualified general practitioner” means a person who has been awarded a Certificate of Equivalent Experience by the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice.
- (3) In this section—
- “CCST” means a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training; and
- “competent authority” means the competent authority for the purpose of article 9(2) and (3) of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995.
## PART IIIA — LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
### Duty of General Council to make regulations
#### Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidation
##### 29A
- (1) Any reference in this Act to a “licence to practise” is a reference to a licence granted under and in accordance with this Part to a medical practitioner by a licensing authority.
- (2) The General Council shall make regulations with respect to licences to practise.
- (3) The provisions made by regulations under subsection (2) above must include provision for or in connection with each of the matters specified in subsection (4) below.
- (4) Those matters are—
- (a) grant of a licence to practise;
- (b) refusal of a licence to practise;
- (c) withdrawal of a licence to practise; and
- (d) revalidation of a medical practitioner of a prescribed description as a condition of his continuing to hold a licence to practise.
- (5) In this Part—
- “licensing authority” means—the Registrar;a Registration Decisions Panel;such other committee of the General Council as may be prescribed; orsuch other officer of the General Council as may be prescribed;
- “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the General Council under subsection (2) above; and
- “revalidation” means evaluation of a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise.
### Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
##### 29B
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for a licence to practise to be granted to a medical practitioner—
- (a) on first registration under this Act as a medical practitioner with either full registration or limited registration;
- (b) on being provisionally registered under this Act; and
- (c) in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
- (2) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for the withdrawal of a licence to practise from a medical practitioner—
- (a) where the practitioner has failed to comply with prescribed requirements of regulations under section 29A above;
- (b) where the licence to practise was fraudulently procured or otherwise incorrectly granted;
- (c) where the medical practitioner requests that the licence to practise be withdrawn; and
- (d) in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
- (3) Regulations under section 29A above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the grant or refusal, or the withdrawal, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
- (4) If a licensing authority decides—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner; or
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner,
the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice in accordance with subsection (5) below.
- (5) The notice required by subsection (4) above is notice of—
- (a) the decision;
- (b) the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
- (c) the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
- (6) Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (4) above.
##### 29C
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide that where, in the course of revalidation, it appears to a licensing authority that the fitness to practise of the medical practitioner concerned may be impaired, the authority may refer the matter to the Investigation Committee.
- (2) If a matter is referred to the Investigation Committee in accordance with subsection (1) above, the licensing authority shall take no further action until the matter has been considered—
- (a) by the Investigation Committee; or
- (b) if it is referred by that Committee to a Fitness to Practise Panel, by such a Panel, and has been referred back to the authority.
### Restoration of licence
##### 29D
- (1) The General Council shall make regulations under section 29A above for and in connection with authorising or requiring a licensing authority, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner whose licence to practise has been withdrawn.
- (2) Regulations by virtue of subsection (1) above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the restoration, or the refusal of the restoration, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
- (3) If a licensing authority refuses to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner, the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice of—
- (a) the decision;
- (b) the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
- (c) the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
- (4) Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (3) above.
### Supplementary provisions
##### 29E
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above may make provision for a licensing authority—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner;
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner; or
- (c) to refuse to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner,
in any case where the medical practitioner does not provide the licensing authority with such evidence or information as the authority may reasonably request for any of the purposes specified in subsection (2) below.
- (2) The purposes are those of—
- (a) determining whether to grant a licence to practise to the practitioner;
- (b) revalidation of the practitioner;
- (c) determining whether to withdraw a licence to practise from the practitioner; and
- (d) determining whether to restore a licence to practise to the practitioner.
- (3) For the purpose of carrying out any function under sections 29A to 29D above in relation to a medical practitioner, a licensing authority may require—
- (a) any medical practitioner (other than that practitioner); or
- (b) any other person,
who, in the opinion of the authority, is able to supply information, or produce any document, which appears relevant to the discharge of any such function, to supply such information or produce such a document.
- (4) For the purpose of reviewing procedures relating to—
- (a) revalidation; or
- (b) the grant, withdrawal or restoration of a licence to practise,
a licensing authority may require any medical practitioner or other person to supply information or produce any document.
- (5) Nothing in subsection (3) or (4) above shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment.
- (6) But where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates because the information is capable of identifying an individual, a licensing authority may, in exercising its functions under subsection (3) or (4) above, require that the information be put into a form which is not capable of identifying that individual.
- (7) In determining for the purposes of subsection (5) above whether a disclosure is not prohibited, by reason of being a disclosure of personal data which is exempt from the non-disclosure provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 by virtue of section 35(1) of that Act, it shall be assumed that the disclosure is required by or under this section.
- (8) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply in relation to the supplying of information or the production of a document which a person could not be compelled to supply or produce in civil proceedings before the relevant court (within the meaning of section 40(5) below).
- (9) In this section “enactment” includes—
- (a) an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
- (b) any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
##### 29F
- (1) If a licensing authority decides under this Part—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner;
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner; or
- (c) to refuse to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner,
the practitioner may appeal to a Registration Appeals Panel.
- (2) Schedule 3B (which provides for the procedures to be followed before a Registration Appeals Panel) shall apply in relation to any appeal under subsection (1) above.
- (3) A decision under this Part to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner shall not be carried into effect—
- (a) until the time for bringing any appeal against the decision has expired without an appeal being brought; or
- (b) where an appeal is brought, until the date on which the appeal is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.
##### 29G
- (1) The General Council may publish guidance for medical practitioners relating to the information and documents to be provided, and any other requirements to be satisfied—
- (a) for the purposes of revalidation; or
- (b) for securing restoration of a licence to practise.
- (2) In preparing any such guidance in relation to revalidation, the General Council shall take into account such similarities as there may be between any information or documents to be provided, or any other requirements to be satisfied—
- (a) for the purposes of revalidation; and
- (b) for the purposes of any scheme for the appraisal of medical practitioners which applies within the health service, the Scottish health service or the Northern Ireland health service.
- (3) In subsection (2) above—
- “the health service” means the health service established in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 1946;
- “the Northern Ireland health service” means any service provided in pursuance of Article 4(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and
- “the Scottish health service” means the health service established in pursuance of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947.
##### 29H
- (1) This section applies to any notice required to be given to a medical practitioner under—
- (a) section 29B or 29D above; or
- (b) paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 3B to this Act.
- (2) Any such notice may be so given—
- (a) by delivering it to him;
- (b) by leaving it at his proper address;
- (c) by sending it by a registered post service; or
- (d) by sending it by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the notice by post to be recorded.
- (3) For the purposes of this section and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this section, a medical practitioner’s proper address shall be—
- (a) his address in the register; or
- (b) if the conditions in subsection (4) below are satisfied, his last known address.
- (4) The conditions are that—
- (a) the practitioner’s last known address differs from his address in the register; and
- (b) it appears to the body or person giving the notice that a letter sent to the practitioner at his last known address is more likely to reach him.
- (5) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) the giving of a notice effected by sending it by post shall be deemed to have been effected at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; and
- (b) so much of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 as relates to the time when service is deemed to have been effected shall not apply to a notice sent by post.
##### 29J
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above may provide for the charging of a fee to a medical practitioner in respect of the cost of—
- (a) his revalidation; or
- (b) the consideration of any application made by him for restoration of a licence to practise.
- (2) Any sum payable by a medical practitioner under subsection (1) above may be recovered by the General Council and, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt.
- (3) Regulations under section 29A above may make different provision for different purposes, cases or circumstances.
- (4) Regulations under section 29A above shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
- (5) Before making regulations under section 29A above, the General Council shall consult such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners, or medical practitioners of any description, as appear to the Council requisite to be consulted.
##### 31A
- (1) The General Council may make regulations—
- (a) providing for the erasure by the Registrar from the register of medical practitioners of the name of any person who applies, in the manner prescribed by the regulations, for his name to be erased from the register;
- (b) providing for the refusal by the Registrar of applications under paragraph (a) above in such cases and circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;
- (c) making provision (including provision requiring the approval of the General Council or of one of the statutory committees) for the restoration to the register of the name of any person whose name has been erased in accordance with regulations made in pursuance of paragraph (a) above.
- (1A) Regulations under subsection (1)(c) above shall provide that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, a person’s name is not to be restored to the register unless—
- (a) the General Council or a committee of the General Council so direct after making such investigation into his fitness to practise as they think fit;
- (b) the practitioner’s licence to practise is restored in accordance with the regulations; or
- (c) both (a) and (b) are met.
- (1B) In subsection (1A) above, “prescribed” means prescribed under regulations made under subsection (1) above.
- (2) Regulations under this section shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 35A
- (1) For the purpose of assisting the General Council or any of their committees in carrying out functions in respect of a practitioner’s fitness to practise, a person authorised by the Council may require—
- (a) a practitioner (except the practitioner in respect of whom the information or document is sought); or
- (b) any other person,
who in his opinion is able to supply information or produce any document which appears relevant to the discharge of any such function, to supply such information or produce such a document.
- (2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant date, the General Council shall require, from a practitioner whose fitness to practise is being investigated, details of any person—
- (a) by whom the practitioner is employed to provide services in, or in relation to, any area of medicine; or
- (b) with whom he has an arrangement to do so.
- (3) For the purposes of this section and section 35B below the relevant date is the date specified by the General Council by rules under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 of this Act.
- (4) Nothing in this section shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment.
- (5) But where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates because the information is capable of identifying an individual, the person referred to in subsection (1) above may, in exercising his functions under that subsection, require that the information be put into a form which is not capable of identifying that individual.
- (5A) In determining for the purposes of subsection (4) above whether a disclosure is not prohibited, by reason of being a disclosure of personal data which is exempt from the non-disclosure provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 by virtue of section 35(1) of that Act, it shall be assumed that the disclosure is required by this section.
- (6) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the supplying of information or the production of a document which a person could not be compelled to supply or produce in civil proceedings before the relevant court (within the meaning of section 40(5) below).
- (7) For the purposes of subsection (4), “enactment” includes—
- (a) an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
- (b) any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
- (8) For the purposes of this section and section 35B below, a “practitioner” means a fully registered person, a provisionally registered person or a person registered with limited registration.
##### 35B
- (1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant date, the General Council shall notify the following of an investigation by the General Council of a practitioner’s fitness to practise—
- (a) the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland and the National Assembly for Wales; and
- (b) any person in the United Kingdom of whom the General Council are aware—
- (i) by whom the practitioner concerned is employed to provide services in, or in relation to, any area of medicine, or
- (ii) with whom he has an arrangement to do so.
- (2) The General Council may disclose to any person any information relating to a practitioner’s fitness to practise which they consider it to be in the public interest to disclose.
##### 36A
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##### 41A
- (1) Where an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel are satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of a fully registered person, for the registration of that person to be suspended or to be made subject to conditions, the Panel may make an order—
- (a) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding eighteen months as may be specified in the order (an “interim suspension order”); or
- (b) that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding eighteen months as may be specified in the order, with such requirements so specified as the Panel think fit to impose (an “order for interim conditional registration”).
- (2) Subject to subsection (9) below, where an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel have made an order under subsection (1) above, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (a) shall review it within the period of six months beginning on the date on which the order was made, and shall thereafter, for so long as the order continues in force, further review it—
- (i) before the end of the period of six months beginning on the date of the decision of the immediately preceding review; or
- (ii) if after the end of the period of three months beginning on the date of the decision of the immediately preceding review the person concerned requests an earlier review, as soon as practicable after that request; and
- (b) may review it where new evidence relevant to the order has become available after the making of the order.
- (3) Where an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional registration has been made in relation to any person under any provision of this section (including this subsection), an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel may, subject to subsection (4) below—
- (a) revoke the order or revoke any condition imposed by the order;
- (b) vary any condition imposed by the order;
- (c) if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of the person concerned, replace an order for interim conditional registration with an interim suspension order having effect for the remainder of the term of the former; or
- (d) if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public, or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of the person concerned, replace an interim suspension order with an order for interim conditional registration having effect for the remainder of the term of the former.
- (4) No order under subsection (1) or (3)(b) to (d) above shall be made by any Panel in respect of any person unless he has been afforded an opportunity of appearing before the Panel and being heard on the question of whether such an order should be made in his case; and for the purposes of this subsection a person may be represented before the Panel by counsel or a solicitor, or (if rules made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules.
- (5) If an order is made under any provision of this section, the Registrar shall without delay serve a notification of the order on the person to whose registration it relates.
- (6) The General Council may apply to the relevant court for an order made by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel under subsection (1) or (3) above to be extended, and may apply again for further extensions.
- (7) On such an application the relevant court may extend (or further extend) for up to 12 months the period for which the order has effect.
- (8) Any reference in this section to an interim suspension order, or to an order for interim conditional registration, includes a reference to such an order as so extended.
- (9) For the purposes of subsection (2) above the first review after the relevant court’s extension of an order made by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel or after a replacement order made by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel under subsection (3)(c) or (d) above shall take place—
- (a) if the order (or the order which has been replaced) had not been reviewed at all under subsection (2), within the period of six months beginning on the date on which the relevant court ordered the extension or on which a replacement order under subsection (3)(c) or (d) was made; and
- (b) if it had been reviewed under the provision, within the period of three months beginning on that date.
- (10) Where an order has effect under any provision of this section, the relevant court may—
- (a) in the case of an interim suspension order, terminate the suspension;
- (b) in the case of an order for interim conditional registration, revoke or vary any condition imposed by the order;
- (c) in either case, substitute for the period specified in the order (or in the order extending it) some other period which could have been specified in the order when it was made (or in the order extending it),
and the decision of the relevant court under any application under this subsection shall be final.
- (11) Except as provided in subsection (12) below, while a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of an interim suspension order under this section he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in the register.
- (12) Notwithstanding subsection (11) above, sections 35C to 35E above shall continue to apply to a person whose registration in the register is suspended.
- (13) This section applies to a provisionally registered person and to a person registered with limited registration whether or not the circumstances are such that he falls within the meaning in this Act of the expression “fully registered person”.
- (14) In this section “the relevant court” has the same meaning as in section 40(5) above.
##### 41B
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### Suspension or removal from office of members
##### 4A
- (1) The General Council shall by rules make provision for the suspension or removal from office of a member by the General Council in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules.
- (2) Rules under sub-paragraph (1) above shall provide for an elected member or an appointed member to be removed from office if he ceases—
- (a) to be registered; or
- (b) to hold a licence to practise.
- (3) Standing orders of the General Council shall make provision for the procedure by which a member may be suspended or removed from office.
- (4) No rules under sub-paragraph (1) above shall come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
### Registration of members’ private interests
##### 4B
- (1) The General Council must establish and maintain a system for the declaration and registration of private interests of members of the Council.
- (2) The General Council must publish entries recorded in the register of members’ private interests.
##### 9A
In exercising their functions, the General Council shall co-operate wherever appropriate and reasonably practicable with public authorities or other bodies or persons concerned with—
- (a) the employment (whether or not under a contract of service) of registered medical practitioners;
- (b) the education of medical practitioners, prospective medical practitioners or other health care professionals;
- (c) the regulation of other health or social care professions; or
- (d) the regulation of health services.
##### 9B
- (1) For the purposes of ensuring that registered medical practitioners and the public are informed about the General Council and the exercise by them of their functions, the Council shall publish or provide in such manner as they think fit information about the Council and the exercise of their functions.
- (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above authorises or requires the publication or provision of information if the publication or provision of that information is—
- (a) prohibited by any enactment; or
- (b) would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.
- (3) In sub-paragraph (2) above “enactment” includes—
- (a) an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
- (b) any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
### The Interim Orders Committee
##### 19A
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Interim Orders Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Assessment Referral Committee
##### 21A
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Assessment Referral Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Committee on Professional Performance
##### 21B
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Committee on Professional Performance shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
##### 23A
Rules under paragraph 19A above shall secure that a person who sits as a member of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee shall not sit as a member of the Interim Orders Committee in any subsequent proceedings on that case.
### Austria
“Doktor der gesamten Heilkunde”(diploma of doctor of medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and “Diplom über die spezifische Ausbildung in der Allgemeinmedizin”(diploma of specialist training in general medicine), or “Facharztdiplom”(diploma as a specialist doctor) issued by the competent authority.
“ Diplôme légal de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accochements/Wettelijk diploma van doctor in de genees-, heel-en verloskunde” (diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics required by law) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the Central Examining Board or the State University Education Examining Board.
“ Bevis for bestaet laegevidenskabelig embedseksamen” (diploma of doctor of medicine required by law) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and “dokumentation for gennemfort praktisk uddannelse” (certificate of practical training issued by the competent authorities of the health service).
### Finland
“Todistus lääketieteen lisensiaatin tutkinnosta/bevis om medicine licentiat examen”(certificate of the degree of licentiate in medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the competent public health authorities.
“Πτυχίο Ιατρικής”(degree in medicine) awarded by—
### Iceland
“Próf í læknisfrædi fra læknadeild Háskóla Íslands”(diploma from the medical faculty of the University of Iceland) and a certificate of practical training in a hospital of at least 12 months issued by the chief medical doctor.
A primary qualification granted in the Republic of Ireland after passing a qualifying examination held by a competent examining body and a certificate of experience granted by that body which give entitlement to registration as a fully registered medical practitioner.
“Diploma di laurea in medicina e chirurgia”(diploma of graduate in medicine and surgery) awarded by a university, accompanied by a “diploma di abilitazione all’ esercizio della medicina e chirurgia”(diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission.
### Liechtenstein
The diplomas, certificates and other titles awarded in another State to which Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016) applies and listed in article 3 of that directive, accompanied by a certificate on the completed practical training issued by the competent authorities.
“Universitair getuigschrift van arts”(university certificate of doctor).
### Norway
“Bevis for bestått medisinsk embetseksamen”(diploma of the degree cand. med.) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the competent public health authorities.
### Portugal
“Carta de curso de licenciatura em medicina” (diploma confirming the completion of medical studies) awarded by a University and the “Diploma comprovativo de conclusaÃo do internato geral” (diploma confirming the completion of general internship) awarded by the competent authorities of the Ministry of Health.
### Spain
“TıÁtulo de Licenciado en Medicina y CirugıÁa” (University degree in medicine and surgery) awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science or the rector of a university.
### Sweden
“Läkarexamen”(university diploma in medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
### Professional Performance Assessments
##### 5A
- (1) The General Council may make rules—
- (a) authorising the giving of directions by any of—
- (i) the Investigation Committee,
- (ii) a Fitness to Practise Panel,
- (iii) such other persons as may be specified in the rules,
requiring an assessment of the standard of a registered person’s professional performance to be carried out;
- (b) specifying circumstances in which such an assessment may be carried out otherwise than in accordance with a direction.
- (2) An assessment carried out by virtue of this paragraph shall be carried out by an Assessment Team in accordance with rules under this paragraph; and the rules shall, in particular, provide—
- (a) for the constitution and proceedings of Assessment Teams;
- (b) for the procedures to be followed by such Teams in carrying out assessments; and
- (c) for the procedures to be followed following the making of a report by an Assessment Team.
- (2A) An assessment of the standard of a registered person’s professional performance may include an assessment of his professional performance at any time prior to the assessment and may include an assessment of the standard of his professional performance at the time of the assessment.
- (3) Rules under this paragraph may authorise a Fitness to Practise Panel to make directions of a kind which may be made under section 35D of this Act, for the suspension of, or the attachment of conditions to a person’s registration, where the person fails to comply with reasonable requirements imposed by an Assessment Team for the purposes of carrying out an assessment of the standard of his professional performance in accordance with a direction made under rules under this paragraph.
- (3A) Rules under this paragraph may provide for the Investigation Committee to give a direction to the Registrar that a case be referred, or for the Registrar to refer a case, to a Fitness to Practise Panel for the purposes of that Panel making a direction under paragraph (3) above.
- (5) An appeal shall lie to the relevant court (within the meaning of section 40(5) of this Act) from any direction of a Fitness to Practise Panel given by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) above, and on an appeal under this sub-paragraph the relevant court may—
- (a) quash the direction;
- (b) substitute for the direction any other direction which the Panel could have made; or
- (c) remit the case to the Registrar for him to refer it to a Fitness to Practise Panel to be disposed of in accordance with the court’s directions,
and the decision of the court on any appeal under this sub-paragraph shall be final.
- (6) An Assessment Team, for the purposes of carrying out an assessment of the standard of a person’s professional performance—
- (a) may require the production of, inspect and take copies of any records (in whatever form they are held) arising out of or relating to the person’s professional practice; and
- (b) where such records are kept otherwise than in legible form, may require a copy of them to be given to the Team in legible form.
- (7) A person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs an Assessment Team in the execution of their powers under sub-paragraph (6) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
- (8) Nothing in this paragraph shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment; but where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates by reason of the fact that the information is capable of identifying an individual, an Assessment Team may, in exercising their powers under sub-paragraph (6) above, require that the information be put into a form in which it is not capable of identifying an individual.
- (8A) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8) above whether a disclosure is not prohibited, by reason of being a disclosure of personal data which is exempt from the non-disclosure provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 by virtue of section 35(1) of that Act, it shall be assumed that the disclosure is required under this paragraph.
- (9) Sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
##### 5B
- (1) A justice of the peace (including, in Scotland, a sheriff) may issue a warrant under this paragraph if satisfied by the evidence on oath of at least two members of an Assessment Team that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the team will require a warrant for the purposes of carrying out an assessment required by virtue of rules made under paragraph 5A above.
- (2) A warrant under this paragraph shall authorise one or more members of the Assessment Team (who must, if so required, produce documents identifying themselves) together with any constables—
- (a) to enter any building specified in the warrant, but not a dwelling-house, using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose; and
- (b) to search the premises for the purposes of the exercise of the powers under paragraph 5A(6) above.
- (3) A warrant under this paragraph shall continue in force until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which it is issued.
- (4) A person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any rights conferred by a warrant issued under this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
##### 14
In this Schedule “party”, in relation to proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, means any person to whose registration the proceedings relate, or the Solicitor to the General Council.
## Editorial notes
[^c13413201]: Act: power to modify conferred (15.3.2000) by [1999 c. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8), [s. 60(1)(2)(a)(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/section/60/1/2/a/4), [Sch. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/schedule/3); [S.I. 2000/779](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/779), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/779/article/2/1)
[^c17715051]: S. 1(1A) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/b), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13413291]: Words in s. 2(2)(d) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/1)
[^c13413311]: The reference for Regulation (EEC) 1612/68 is OJ No L257, 19.10.68, p.1.
[^c13413371]: S. 4(2)(aa) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1841](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1841), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1841/article/2)
[^c13413381]: Words in s. 4(3)(b) inserted (30.3.1992) by [Medical Qualifications (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 38, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38), [s. 1(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38/section/1/a); [S.I. 1992/804](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804/article/2) Words in s. 4(3)(c) inserted (30.3.1992) by [Medical Qualifications (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 38, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38), [s. 1(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38/section/1/b); [S.I. 1992/804](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804/article/2)
[^c13413411]: S. 5(2A)(2B) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/3/2)
[^c17715081]: Words in s. 10(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/1) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13413451]: S. 10(2)(a)-(c) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/2); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413591]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only
[^c13413601]: S. 11(3)(a) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413611]: S. 11(3)(b) and preceding word inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413621]: Words in s. 11(4) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/2); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413631]: Definition in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/4/a); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413661]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13413671]: S. 11(4): s. 11(4)(a)(b) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/4/b); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413681]: S. 11(4A) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/5); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413691]: S. 11(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/3)
[^c13413701]: Words in s. 11(5) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/6); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413711]: S. 11(7) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/7); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413891]: [1977 c. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49).
[^c13413901]: [1978 c. 29](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29).
[^c13413911]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13413921]: S. 12(4) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/4)
[^c13413931]: Words in s. 13(1)(2)(3)(a) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413961]: S. 14(3) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/5)
[^c13413971]: Words in s. 15(3) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/4); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413981]: S. 15A inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/3)
[^c13413991]: OJ No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 1.
[^c13414001]: OJ No. L165, 7.7.93, p. 1.
[^c13414021]: Words in s. 16(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/1)
[^c17715181]: Words in s. 16(1)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/2) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414031]: Words in s. 16(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/6)
[^c13414061]: S. 17 substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/4/1)
[^c13414071]: Words in s. 18(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(1)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/1/a/b)
[^c13414091]: Words in s. 18(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(2)(a)-(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/2/a)
[^c13414141]: Words in s. 18(3) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(3)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/3/a/b)
[^c13414161]: Words in s. 18(4)(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/4)
[^c13414181]: S. 18(6) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/5)
[^c17823211]: S. 19 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)((d), {6(2)} (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c17715231]: S. 20 omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715251]: Words in s. 21(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715331]: Words in s. 21(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715351]: S. 21(2A) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414241]: Words in s. 21(3) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/5); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c17715391]: S. 22(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414251]: Words in s. 22(1)(c) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 6(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/6/5)
[^c17715411]: Words in s. 22(1)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715431]: S. 22(1A) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715491]: Words in s. 24(3)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/7) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727591]: Words in s. 25 omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/8) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727611]: Words in s. 26(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727641]: Words in s. 26(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727681]: S. 26(1)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/iii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727701]: Words in s. 26(1)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(iv)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/iv) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727721]: Words in s. 26(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727761]: Words in s. 27(1)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727801]: Word in s. 27(1)(b) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17823491]: S. 27(1)(d) and preceding word inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c18727641]: S. 28(2)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/a)
[^c18727651]: Words in s. 29(2)(c) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/i)
[^c18727661]: Words in s. 29(3)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(aa)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/aa)
[^c18727671]: S. 29(3)(b) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(bb)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/bb)
[^c18727681]: Words in s. 29(3)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(cc)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/cc)
[^c19101271]: S. 21A inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/5) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17845121]: Word in s. 30(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(a)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414301]: Words in s. 30(1)(a)(b) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/2)
[^c17845141]: Words in s. 30(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(a)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414321]: Words in s. 30(1)(d) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/7)
[^c17845181]: Words in s. 30(2)(3) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414331]: Words in s. 31(4) inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/3)
[^c13414341]: S. 31A inserted (18.5.2000) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/2); [S.I. 2000/1344](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344/article/2)
[^c13414361]: S. 32(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (18.5.2000) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [ss. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/3); [S.I. 2000/1344](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344/article/2)
[^c13414381]: Words in s. 32(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/8)
[^c13415131]: S. 41(5)-(8) added (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 9(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/9/d)
[^c13415441]: Words in s. 46(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/11)
[^c13415571]: Words in s. 49(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by [1993 c. 50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50), [s. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/section/1/1), [Sch. 1 Pt. XIV](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/schedule/1/part/XIV).
[^c13415581]: Words in s. 49(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/12)
[^c13415711]: Definition in s. 55(1) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/a/b)
[^c13415731]: Definition in s. 55(1) repealed (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(c)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/c/f)
[^c19105601]: In s. 55(1) in definition of "fully registered person" words substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415741]: Words in s. 55(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(d)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/d/e)
[^c13415751]: In s. 55(1) in para. (a) of definition of "fully registered person" words inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/6/a)
[^c13415771]: In s. 55(1) in definition of "provisionally registered" word inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/6/b)
[^c19105581]: In s. 55(1) definition of "recognised overseas qualification" omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415781]: Definition in s. 55(1) repealed (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(c)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/c/f)
[^c13415791]: S. 55(2) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/3)
[^c13415821]: [1978 c. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30).
[^c13415831]: [1956 c. 76](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/76).
[^c13415841]: [1978 c. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/12).
[^c13415851]: [S.I. 1977/827](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/827).
[^c17714891]: Pt. IIIA inserted (17.12.2002 for s. 29G(1)(a)(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/g), [10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/10) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358151]: Sch. 1 para. 2(1A) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358111]: Sch. 1 para. 2(4) substituted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358191]: Sch. 1 para. 2(5)(5A) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 2(5) (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17967531]: Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(2) substituted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/4) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17967551]: Sch. 1 para. 4(3) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/5) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17968901]: Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/7) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c19107071]: Sch. 1 paras. 4A, 4B and cross-headings inserted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/6) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970171]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 11 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969241]: Italic heading immediately preceding Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969141]: Sch. 1 paras. 9A, 9B inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969091]: Sch. 1 para. 13 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/8) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969261]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969301]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(3) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969321]: Sch. 1 para. 16(4) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/iii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969341]: Sch. 1 para. 17 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415881]: Sch. 1 para. 18(3) substituted by [S.I. 1991/1997](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997), [reg. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/regulation/2), [Sch. para.50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/schedule/paragraph/50) (with [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/regulation/4))
[^c18761981]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415901]: Sch. 1 para. 19A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/a)
[^c18762021]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415891]: Sch. 1 para. 19A and cross-heading inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/a)
[^c18762031]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c18762041]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415921]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c18762051]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415941]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c13415931]: Sch. 1 Pt. III paras. 21A, 21B inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/12); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c18762061]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415951]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c18762071]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415961]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 22 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c13415981]: Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 23 substituted (1.1.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/13); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/3/b)
[^c13415991]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 23 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/c)
[^c13416001]: Sch. 1 para. 23A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/d)
[^c13416021]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 24 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/e)
[^c13416031]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 24 inserted (1.9.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/14); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(1)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/1/b)
[^c13416041]: Sch. 1 para. 25(2) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/f)
[^c17969701]: Sch. 1 para. 26(2)(2A) substituted (17.12.2002) for Sch. 1 para. 26(2) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/d) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970141]: Sch. 1 para. 29 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/e) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416181]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/a)
[^c17970211]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f/h), [9(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/a), [15(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/1) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416191]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/b)
[^c17970231]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970251]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416211]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(2)(b) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/c)
[^c13416231]: Sch. 3 para. 3(3) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/1)
[^c13416251]: Sch. 3 para. 5(1) replaced by paras. 5(1)(1A) (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/2)
[^c13416261]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/c)
[^c17970471]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(2) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(5)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/5/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416281]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 7(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/3)
[^c13416271]: Words in the heading to Sch. 3 para. 7 substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/3)
[^c13416911]: Sch. 5 paras.1, 19 repealed by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/2/3), [Sch. 6 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/6/part/I)
[^c13416921]: [1959 c. 72](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1959/72).
[^c13416941]: Sch. 5 para. 4 repealed by [S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595), [art. 138](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/138), [Sch. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/schedule/7)
[^c13416931]: [1960 c. 61](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1960/61).
[^c13416951]: [1968 c. 67](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/67).
[^c13416961]: [1969 c. 6 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/6).
[^c13416971]: [1970 c. 11 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/11).
[^c13416981]: [1971 c. 32 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1971/32).
[^c13416991]: [1971 c. 38](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38).
[^c13417001]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13417011]: [1972 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/41).
[^c13417021]: [1972 c. 66](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/66).
[^c13417031]: [S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041).
[^c13417041]: [S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1213).
[^c13417051]: [S.I. 1976/1214 (N.I. 23)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1214).
[^c13417061]: [1977 c. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49).
[^c13417071]: [1978 c. 29](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29).
[^c13417091]: Sch. 5 paras.1, 19 repealed by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/2/3), [Sch. 6 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/6/part/I)
[^c13417081]: [1978 c. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30).
[^c13417101]: Words substituted by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/1), [Sch. 5 para. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/5/paragraph/15)
[^c13417111]: [S.I. 1979/289](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/289).
[^c13417131]: [1969 c. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/40).
[^c13417141]: [1969 c. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/40).
[^c13417151]: [S.I. 1952/2050](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1952/2050).
[^key-aac8177829c3b79454ec7bbfceebfbcc]: Words in Sch. 6 para. 18 repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [s. 42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 8 para. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/8/paragraph/15), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/b/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-61aa5358fe51efbb5ef25b1f3bfda4db]: S. 31(9)(b) substituted (30.5.2003, 1.7.2003 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [12(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/12/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-4c4dd77e0763c1ce00906785b3f3d0c9]: S. 34A inserted (1.7.2003 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 16.11.2009 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/5) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-a8bf1237161e5d496c14361b255db0f0]: S. 52A inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/4) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-b25a2da34e97bbae74a742ff8345ed75]: S. 30(1)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(2)(a)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/iii) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-1eab61e9a1f678152e48ab5a95cb2410]: Words in s. 31(8) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/b) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-aecf8bd2944399a3d087004313b303e6]: Words in s. 31(9) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-ce770e11ab3b47460f0bc9dcded9be43]: Words in s. 31(10) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-70df124d0f1b0937bbf781d1dea090dd]: S. 31(5)-(7) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/a) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-7f42abc8c474e6f89929d7444289d96e]: Words in s. 50(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-c99f8d6692915f004c198abb9a0012b2]: Words in s. 50(1)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-71ab25abbc966508cd1672ce70edafda]: Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [9(4)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-7a5e7dc0b1d5e10946b31d9f43cbeca8]: Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [4(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-c2b6e83cb87d3e7a1cc592c21c2cd20b]: S. 34 substituted (1.7.2003, except in so far as it relates to sub-section (2)(b), as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/4) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-3669fe7a405bd6776615ebb4b7557ad7]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(1) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/a) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-117c65e8e9412a6e9c63fa66a7fffd58]: Sch. 1 para. 25(1A) inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/b) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-9a4f58c3e57ee6cf2794407df4748fdf]: Sch. 2 substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/5), [Sch. 4 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/schedule/4/part/I)
[^key-e64bbd35abc132957dbd3f75c1f12453]: Words in s. 3(3) added (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/2/a)
[^key-fadda8d633340442e6b9e0b4d975c00c]: Words in s. 3(3) added (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/2/b)
[^key-242e5afd47cd2e515c0f9c7315574f8d]: Words in s. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/3)
[^key-3bc98bef5b69d388a7430cca08b1a880]: Words in s. 17(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/4/a)
[^key-863289904e52f282e9ab05d06abe1f28]: Word in s. 17(6)(d) omitted (31.12.2003) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/4/b)
[^key-53ab374b0b49a9757d2d3b940029837d]: S. 11(4) savings for effect of S.I. 2004/957, Sch. para. 4 (S.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/163)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/1/1), [98](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/98)
[^key-c2036834ba121388a81b154234618235]: S. 11(4) savings for effects of 2003 c. 43, Sch. 11 paras. 47-49 (E.S.N.I.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/865)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/1), [111](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/111) (with [art. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/3))
[^key-05591a1096b7dcfb08754642156f4a11]: S. 12(2)(a) savings for effect of S.I. 2004/957, Sch. para. 4 (S.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/163)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/1/1), [98](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/98)
[^key-0bac217663bbf7552d1d42000c2852bd]: S. 12(2)(a) savings for effects of 2003 c. 43, Sch. 11 paras. 47-49 (E.S.N.I.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/865)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/1), [111](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/111) (with [art. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/3))
[^key-845a422d7e36f4a7366233232516ecff]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/a); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-faef172472f56a6b668c682399a78ef0]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/a)
[^key-9ca831f8b7f8f752addaf1f850635734]: Words in s. 11(4) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/b)
[^key-6158980c6362b9c03d029ad3adbfe729]: Word in s. 11(4) substituted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(c)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/c/i)
[^key-79559b67e2ad1806c179d03c6cae8570]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(c)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/c/ii)
[^key-4794db541d5b3d1390ee0271183bfb87]: Words in s. 11(4) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/b), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [arts. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s), [6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-ed0663fb218e3910def53c7212bffdd0]: Words in s. 11(4) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/c), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [arts. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s), [6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-3765f00f3af75761164ad38d22ccad8a]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/49); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [art. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-c317944faa27be781faeefa4c6a7c350]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/3/a)
[^key-665fdb981a57d885185f3ac38aa1127c]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/3/b)
[^key-f42cbf26bf44ce4ab015fea4f520df5a]: Sch. 5 para. 16(a) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [art. 5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-fc2a58dcd72e787dacbcf97c1a4c653b]: S. 31A(1A)(1B) inserted (7.7.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [12(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/12/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-d1a309ab7517e81501f34c7398ae6a03]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(2) inserted (7.7.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-a4316bd6b4a7abefd39ec6522c98b95e]: Words in s. 3(3) substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/2)
[^key-79b429dcf25364462beb4fa7cd33dd85]: S. 4(5) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/3)
[^key-364d9dce5648e4234426af9908fbce50]: Word in s. 5(4) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/4/a)
[^key-31cf0c1563175cd532298338e7a057d6]: Words in s. 5(4) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/4/b)
[^key-cae231a71bbcfbe341458190d2b64c88]: Word in Sch. 2 substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/6/a)
[^key-caf7d3ce00a6e4c9a708752dc1de0adf]: Words in Sch. 2 inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/6/b)
[^key-622fdd55140cc3339f742c6e44c16713]: S. 17(1)(e) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/a)
[^key-15ed69a269107b4ee1373f0a04ef781c]: S. 17(4A) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/b)
[^key-cb213b41193c5d2c9df4b650e63b1915]: Word in s. 17(5) substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/c)
[^key-021845e7cbde69c461c77a69bd6dcf1a]: Word in s. 17(6)(da) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(d)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/d/i)
[^key-ace83e8c0ae163607465ecc383c03361]: S. 17(6)(db) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(d)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/d/ii)
[^key-f28194ae11a5658354ad59631102ab98]: Sch. 1 para. 4ZA inserted (19.10.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 12 para. 2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/12/paragraph/2/3); [S.I. 2004/2626](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626/article/2)
[^key-a6f3a485f9fa6e5e8865ad7163733587]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) substituted (19.10.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 12 para. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/12/paragraph/2/2); [S.I. 2004/2626](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626/article/2)
[^key-af509bf9ffe7cbb702edc2c1acb72661]: Sch. 4 para. 8 applied (1.11.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Transitional Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/2610)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2610), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2610/article/1/1), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2610/article/2)
[^key-7788b796b861cfe6b41c3c4c54e63682]: Pt. V substituted (1.7.2003 for the substitution of s. 41A(2)(a) and Pt. V heading for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 for the substitution of s. 35CC(1) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force except for the substitution of ss. 41(7)(8), 41C, 44(4), 44A(3) as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004, 16.11.2009 for the insertion of s. 41C as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/13) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-cdfb70d3c4f11f1621331887438bb717]: Sch. 1 para. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 and crossheadings substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 19-24 (1.7.2003 for the substitution of Sch. 1 para. 19 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 in so far as it relates to Sch. 1 paras. 19A-19E for the purpose only of making rules and in so far as it relates to Sch. 1 paras. 23, 23B, 24 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-3e150ad86d1e403e4a60d42fcb0d63f0]: Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(5) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 25(4) (1.7.2003 in so far as it relates to new para. 25(5), as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-fc0f6de22ff23241f9815b99a3d06067]: Sch. 4 substituted (7.7.2004 for the substitution of Sch. 4 para. 5A(2) for specified purposes and paras. 1, 5A(1)(3)(3A)(9), 6, 7(3)(4)(6) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/14) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2) and savings in The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Saving Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1731), arts. 1(1), 2)
[^key-cc299f32ed1b0475b8fd3666a3dba982]: S. 1(3)(3A) substituted for s. 1(3) (1.11.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-82be411362ac259c489ac9124ffe51fe]: S. 47(3)(4) substituted for s. 47(3) (1.11.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-99b8a1560524af3fc4743a93ae6ba9ff]: S. 53(2)(c) substituted (1.11.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/5) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^M_F_db735c7d-04ea-4a09-c480-aacd80dfec85]: Pt. V substituted (1.7.2003 for the substitution of s. 41A(2)(a) and Pt. V heading for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 for the substitution of s. 35CC(1) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force except for the substitution of ss. 41(7)(8), 41C, 44(4), 44A(3) as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/13) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2) and savings in The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Saving Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1731), arts. 1(1), 2(a))
[^M_F_9b5a5d3c-4517-4e3e-d66c-9b126d02b93a]: Pt. V substituted (1.7.2003 for the substitution of s. 41A(2)(a) and Pt. V heading for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 for the substitution of s. 35CC(1) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force except for the substitution of ss. 41(7)(8), 41C, 44(4), 44A(3) as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/13) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2) and savings in The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Saving Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1731), arts. 1(1), 2(a))
[^M_F_d0377cfa-14cc-4904-d011-99af5d46192b]: Pt. V substituted (1.7.2003 for the substitution of s. 41A(2)(a) and Pt. V heading for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 for the substitution of s. 35CC(1) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force except for the substitution of ss. 41(7)(8), 41C, 44(4), 44A(3) as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/13) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2) and savings in The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Saving Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1731), arts. 1(1), 2(a))
[^M_F_acf71d9c-9c32-4db2-eaa7-a56678378925]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^M_F_b283b98f-5362-454f-ca39-3db5b732603e]: S. 55 renumbered as s. 55(1) (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), reg. 7, Sch. 2 para. 13(1)
[^M_F_ce09d42e-3989-4447-d9f4-3fa07e891fb4]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (7.7.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^M_F_99d49b51-bf5b-4386-f4c0-0d05182a57db]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^M_F_75845efd-0f10-4e72-ac05-0dc6f58382e1]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^M_F_f97e9ad1-4296-416a-9ef2-d3f8ecf6ab47]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, 7.7.2004 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
##### 34A
- (1) The Registrar may issue a certificate that a person—
- (a) is registered;
- (b) is not registered;
- (c) was registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (d) was not registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (e) has never been registered;
- (f) holds a licence to practise;
- (g) does not hold a licence to practise;
- (h) held a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (i) did not hold a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period; or
- (j) has never held a licence to practise.
- (2) A certificate issued under subsection (1) above shall be evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters certified.
##### 52A
- (1) The General Council shall publish at least once in each calender year a statistical report which indicates the efficiency and effectiveness of the arrangements the Council has put in place to protect the public from persons whose fitness to practise is impaired, together with the General Council’s observations on the report.
- (2) The General Council—
- (a) within such time as may be specified by the Privy Council, shall submit a report to it on the General Council’s exercise of its functions during the period specified by the Privy Council; and
- (b) thereafter shall submit such a report once in each year in respect of the period since its last such report.
- (3) The Privy Council shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of the report submitted by the Council under subsection (2) above.
##### 1
Urkunde über die Verleihung des akademischen Grades Doktor der gesamten Heilkunde (bzw. Doctor medicinae universae, Dr.Med.univ.)
##### 2
Diplom über die spezifische Ausbildung zum Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin bzw. Facharztdiplom
##### 1
Medizinische Fakultät einer Universität
##### 2
Österreichische Ärztekammer
##### 1
De universiteiten/les universités
##### 2
De bevoegde Examencommissie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap/le Jury compétent d'enseignement de la Communauté française
##### 1
Autorisation som læge, udstedt af Sundhedsstyrelsen og
##### 2
Tilladelse til selvstændigt virke som læge (dokumentation for gennemført praktisk uddannelse), udstedt af Sundhedssty-relsen
##### 1
Helsingin yliopisto /Helsingfors universitet
##### 2
Kuopion yliopisto
##### 4
Tampereen yliopisto
##### 5
Turun yliopisto
##### 1
Zeugnis über die Ärztliche Prüfung
##### 2
Zeugnis über die Ärztliche Staatsprüfung und Zeugnis über die Vorbereitungszeit als Medizinalassistent, soweit diese nach den deutschen Rechtsvorschriften noch für den Abschluss der ärztlichen Ausbildung vorgesehen war
##### 1
Bescheinigung über die Ableistung der Tätigkeit als Arzt im Praktikum
##### 2
–
##### 1
lατρική Σχολή Πανεπιστημίου
##### 2
Σχολή Επτιστημών Υγείας, Τμέμα Ιατρικη ́ς Πανεπτιστημίου
##### 35CC
- (1) Rules under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act may make provision for—
- (a) the Registrar; or
- (b) any other officer of the General Council,
to exercise the functions of the Investigation Committee under section 35C above, whether generally or in relation to such classes of case as may be specified in the rules.
- (2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) above, rules provide for the Registrar to exercise the functions of the Investigation Committee under subsections (5), (7) and (8) of section 35C above, those subsections shall apply in relation to him as if paragraph (a) in each of them were omitted.
- (3) Section 35C above also applies in a case where—
- (a) it comes to the attention of the General Council that a person’s fitness to practise is called into question by one or more of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, but
- (b) no allegation to that effect has been made to the Council against that person,
and in such a case section 35C shall apply as if an allegation to that effect had been made to the Council against that person.
##### 4ZA
- (1) This paragraph applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.
- (2) The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under paragraph 4 in relation to the nomination of persons to be nominated members of the Council.
##### 35C
- (1) This section applies where an allegation is made to the General Council against—
- (a) a fully registered person;
- (b) a person who is provisionally registered; or
- (c) a person who is registered with limited registration,
that his fitness to practise is impaired.
- (2) A person’s fitness to practise shall be regarded as “impaired” for the purposes of this Act by reason only of—
- (a) misconduct;
- (b) deficient professional performance;
- (c) a conviction or caution in the British Islands for a criminal offence, or a conviction elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence;
- (d) adverse physical or mental health; or
- (e) a determination by a body in the United Kingdom responsible under any enactment for the regulation of a health or social care profession to the effect that his fitness to practise as a member of that profession is impaired, or a determination by a regulatory body elsewhere to the same effect.
- (3) This section is not prevented from applying because the allegation is based on a matter alleged to have occurred—
- (a) outside the United Kingdom; or
- (b) at a time when the person was not registered.
- (4) The Investigation Committee shall investigate the allegation and decide whether it should be considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel.
- (5) If the Investigation Committee decide that the allegation ought to be considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (a) they shall give a direction to that effect to the Registrar;
- (b) the Registrar shall refer the allegation to a Fitness to Practise Panel; and
- (c) the Registrar shall serve a notification of the Committee’s decision on the person who is the subject of the allegation and the person making the allegation (if any).
- (6) If the Investigation Committee decide that the allegation ought not to be considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel, they may give a warning to the person who is the subject of the allegation regarding his future conduct or performance.
- (7) If the Investigation Committee decide that the allegation ought not to be considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel, but that no warning should be given under subsection (6) above—
- (a) they shall give a direction to that effect to the Registrar; and
- (b) the Registrar shall serve a notification of the Committee’s decision on the person who is the subject of the allegation and the person making the allegation (if any).
- (8) If the Investigation Committee are of the opinion that an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel should consider making an order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration under section 41A below in relation to the person who is the subject of the allegation—
- (a) they shall give a direction to that effect to the Registrar;
- (b) the Registrar shall refer the matter to an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel for the Panel to decide whether to make such an order; and
- (c) the Registrar shall serve notification of the decision on the person who is the subject of the allegation and the person making the allegation (if any).
- (9) In this section—
- “enactment” includes—an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; andany provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation; and
- “regulatory body” means a regulatory body which has the function of authorising persons to practise as a member of a health or social care profession.
##### 35D
- (1) Where an allegation against a person is referred under section 35C above to a Fitness to Practise Panel, subsections (2) and (3) below shall apply.
- (2) Where the Panel find that the person’s fitness to practise is impaired they may, if they think fit—
- (a) except in a health case, direct that the person’s name shall be erased from the register;
- (b) direct that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction; or
- (c) direct that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Panel think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests.
- (3) Where the Panel find that the person’s fitness to practise is not impaired they may nevertheless give him a warning regarding his future conduct or performance.
- (4) Where a Fitness to Practise Panel have given a direction that a person’s registration be suspended—
- (a) under subsection (2) above;
- (b) under subsection (10) or (12) below; or
- (c) under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act,
subsection (5) below applies.
- (5) In such a case, a Fitness to Practise Panel may, if they think fit—
- (a) direct that the current period of suspension shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction;
- (b) direct that the name of the person whose registration is suspended shall be erased from the register; or
- (c) direct that the registration of the person whose registration is suspended shall, as from the expiry of the current period of suspension, be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests;
but the Committee shall not extend any period of suspension under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (4) Where the Professional Conduct Committee have given a direction for conditional registration, the Committee may—
- (a) direct that the current period of conditional registration shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) revoke the direction or revoke or vary any of the conditions imposed by the direction;
but the Committee shall not extend any period of conditional registration under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (5) Subsection (2) above shall apply to a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (3)(c) above as it applies to a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (1) above, and subsection (3) above shall apply accordingly.
- (6) Where the Professional Conduct Committee give a direction under this section for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration or vary the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration the Registrar shall forthwith serve on the person to whom the direction applies a notification of the direction or of the variation and of his right to appeal against the decision in accordance with section 40 below.
- (7) In subsection (6) above the references to a direction for suspension and a direction for conditional registration include references to a direction extending a period of suspension or a period of conditional registration.
- (8) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of this section he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it.
- (9) This section applies to a provisionally registered person and to a person registered with limited registration whether or not the circumstances are such that he falls within the meaning in this Act of the expression “fully registered person”.
#### Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.
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- (1) Where the fitness to practise of a fully registered person is judged by the Health Committee to be seriously impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition the Committee may, if they think fit, direct—
- (a) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests.
- (2) Where a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (1) above by the Health Committee or under section 41A by the Interim Orders Committeeunder section 41A by the Interim Orders Committeeor the Health Committee is judged by the Health Committee to have failed to comply with any of the requirements imposed on him as conditions of his registration the Committee may, if they think fit, direct that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction.
- (3) Where the Health Committee have given a direction for suspension under subsection (1) or (2) above, the Committee may—
- (a) direct that the current period of suspension shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) direct that the registration of the person whose registration is suspended shall, as from the expiry (or termination under subsection (3B)(b) below)of the current period of suspension, be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests ;
but, subject to subsection (3A) below, the Committee shall not extend any period of suspension under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (3A) The Health Committee may give a direction extending a period of suspension indefinitely where—
- (a) the period of suspension will, on the date on which the direction takes effect, have lasted for at least two years, and
- (b) the direction is given not more than two months before the date on which the period of suspension would otherwise expire.
- (3B) Where the Health Committee have given a direction for indefinite suspension, they—
- (a) shall review the suspension when requested to do so by the person whose registration is suspended (but not until two years after the date on which the direction takes effect and not more than once in any period of two years), and
- (b) having carried out such a review, may direct that the suspension be terminated.
- (4) Where the Health Committee have given a direction for conditional registration, the Committee may—
- (a) direct that the current period of conditional registration shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) revoke the direction or revoke or vary any of the conditions imposed by the direction;
but the Committee shall not extend any period of conditional registration under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (5) Subsection (2) above shall apply to a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (3)(b) above as it applies to a fully registered person whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under subsection (1) above, and subsection (3) above shall apply accordingly.
- (6) Where the Health Committee give a direction under this section for suspension or for conditional registration or vary the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration the Registrar shall forthwith serve on the person to whom the direction applies a notification of the direction or of the variation and of his right to appeal against the decision in accordance with section 40 below.
- (7) In subsection (6) above the references to a direction for suspension and a direction for conditional registration include references to a direction extending a period of suspension or a period of conditional registration.
- (8) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of this section he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it.
- (9) This section applies to a provisionally registered person and to a person registered with limited registration whether or not the circumstances are such that he falls within the meaning in this Act of the expression “fully registered person”.
#### Power to order immediate suspension after finding of professional misconduct or unfitness to practise
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- (1) On giving a direction for erasure or a direction for suspension under section 36(1) or (2) , 36A or 37(1) or (2) above , or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act,in respect of any person the Professional Conduct Committee , the Committee on Professional Performanceor the Health Committee, if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or would be in the best interests of that person, may order that his registration in the register shall be suspended forthwith in accordance with this section; and in this subsection the reference to section 36(2) includes a reference to that provision as applied by section 36(5) and the reference to section 37(2) includes a reference to that provision as applied by section 37(5).
- (2) Where, on the giving of a direction an order under subsection (1) above is made in respect of a person, his registration in the register shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) from the time when the order is made until the time when the direction takes effect in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to this Act or in accordance with rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of that Schedule or an appeal against it under section 40 below or paragraph 5A(4) of that Schedule is (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (3) Where the Professional Conduct Committee , the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee make an order under subsection (1) above the Registrar shall forthwith serve a notification of the order on the person to whom it applies.
- (4) If, when an order under subsection (1) above is made, the person to whom it applies is neither present nor represented at the proceedings, subsection (2) above shall have effect as if, for the reference to the time when the order is made, there were substituted a reference to the time of service of a notification of the order as determined for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
- (5) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of subsection (1) above he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it.
- (6) The court may terminate any suspension of a person’s registration in the register imposed under subsection (1) above, and the decision of the court on any application under this subsection shall be final.
- (7) In this section “*the court*”—
- (a) in the case of a person whose address in the register is in Scotland, means the Court of Session;
- (b) in the case of a person whose address in the register is in Northern Ireland, means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland; and
- (c) in the case of any other person, means the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
#### Fraud or error in relation to registration
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- (1) If the General Council are satisfied that any entry in the register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made they may direct that the entry shall be erased from the register.
- (2) Where the General Council give a direction for the erasure of a person’s name under this section the Registrar shall forthwith serve on that person a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against the decision in accordance with section 40 below.
#### Appeals
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- (1) The following decisions are appealable decisions for the purposes of this section, that is to say—
- (a) a decision of the Professional Conduct Committee under section 36 above giving a direction for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration or varying the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration;
- (aa) a decision of the Committee on Professional Performance under section 36A above giving a direction for suspension or for conditional registration or varying the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration; or
- (b) a decision of the Health Committee under section 37 above giving a direction for suspension or for conditional registration or varying the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration; or
- (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (d) a decision of the Professional Conduct Committee under section 41(6) giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely; or
- (e) a decision of the General Council under section 45(6) giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (1A) A decision of the General Council under section 39 above giving a direction for erasure is also an appealable decision for the purposes of this section.
- (2) In subsection (1) above the references to a direction for suspension and a direction for conditional registration include references to a direction extending a period of suspension or a period of conditional registration.
- (3) A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (1) has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 36(6), 36A(7), or 37(6) above, or section 41(7) or 45(7) below, appeal against the decision to the relevant court.
- (3A) In subsection (3), “*the relevant court*”—
- (a) in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Scotland, means the Court of Session,
- (b) in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Northern Ireland, means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, and
- (c) in the case of any other person (including one appealing against a decision falling within subsection (1)(e)), means the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
- (3B) A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (1A) above has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 39(2), appeal against the decision to a county court or, in Scotland, the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the address in the register is situated.
- (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (7) On an appeal under this section from the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee, the court may—
- (a) dismiss the appeal,
- (b) allow the appeal and quash the direction or variation appealed against,
- (c) substitute for the direction or variation appealed against any other direction or variation which could have been given or made by the committee concerned, or
- (d) remit the case to the committee concerned to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court,
and may make such order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) as it thinks fit.
- (8) On an appeal under this section from the General Council, the court (or the sheriff) may—
- (a) dismiss the appeal,
- (b) allow the appeal and quash the direction appealed against, or
- (c) remit the case to the General Council to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court (or the sheriff),
and may make such order as to costs (or in Scotland, expenses) as it (or he) thinks fit.
- (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (11) On an appeal under this section from the Professional Conduct Committee , the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee the General Council may appear as respondent; and for the purpose of any order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) in relation to any such appeal the Council shall be deemed to be a party thereto, whether they appear on the hearing of the appeal or not.
#### Restoration of names to the register
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- (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (5) below, where the name of a person has been erased from the register under section 36 above the Professional Conduct Committee may, if they think fit, direct his name to be restored to the register.
- (2) No application for the restoration of a name to the register under this section shall be made to the Professional Conduct Committee—
- (a) before the expiration of five years from the date of erasure; or
- (b) in any period of twelve months in which an application for the restoration of his name has already been made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased.
- (3) In the case of a person who was provisionally registered under section 15 , 15A or 21 above before his name was erased a direction under subsection (1) above shall be a direction that his name be restored by way of provisional registration under section 15 , 15A or 21 above, as the case requires.
- (4) The requirements of Part II or Part III of this Act as to the experience required for registration as a fully registered medical practitioner shall not apply to registration in pursuance of a direction under subsection (1) above.
- (5) Before determining whether to give a direction under subsection (1), the Professional Conduct Committee shall require an applicant for restoration to provide such evidence as they direct as to one or more of his good character, professional competence and health; and they shall not give such a direction if that evidence does not satisfy them.
- (6) Where, during the same period of erasure, a second or subsequent application for the restoration of a name to the register, made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased, is unsuccessful, the Professional Conduct Committee may direct that his right to make any further such applications shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (7) Where the Professional Conduct Committee give a direction under subsection (6), the Registrar shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40.
- (8) Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (6) may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was given, apply to the Professional Conduct Committee for that direction to be reviewed by the Committee and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.
#### Preliminary proceedings as to professional misconduct and unfitness to practise
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- (1) The Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall have the functions assigned to them by this section.
- (2) It shall be the duty of the Committee to decide whether any case referred to them for consideration in which a practitioner is alleged to be liable to have his name erased under section 36 above or his registration suspended or made subject to conditions under section 36 or 37 above ought to be referred for inquiry by the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee.
- (3) If the Committee decide that a case ought to be referred for inquiry by the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee—
- (a) they shall give a direction designating the Committee which is to inquire into the case; and
- (b) the Registrar shall serve a notification of the decision of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee on the person whose case has been so referred.
#### Proceedings before Professional Conduct, Health and Preliminary Proceedings Committees
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Schedule 4 to this Act (which contains supplementary provisions about proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance, the Health Committee and the Preliminary Proceedings Committee) shall have effect.
#### Effect of disqualification in another member State on registration in the United Kingdom
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- (1) A person who is subject to a disqualifying decision in an EEA State in which he is or has been established in medical practice shall not be entitled to be registered by virtue of section 3(b) above for so long as the decision remains in force in relation to him.
- (2) A disqualifying decision in respect of a person is a decision, made by responsible authorities of the EEA State in which he was established in medical practice or in which he acquired a primary United Kingdom or primary European qualification, and—
- (a) expressed to be made on the grounds that he has committed a criminal offence or on grounds related to his professional conduct, and
- (b) having in that State the effect either that he is no longer registered or otherwise officially recognised as a medical practitioner, or that he is prohibited from practising medicine there.
- (3) If a person has been registered by virtue of section 3(b) above and it is subsequently shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he was subject to a disqualifying decision in force at the time of registration, and that the decision remains in force, the Registrar shall remove the person’s name from the register.
- (4) If registration is refused or a person’s name is removed from the register in accordance with subsection (3) above—
- (a) the Registrar shall, on request, state in writing the reasons for the refusal, or the removal, as the case may be;
- (b) the person may appeal by giving notice in writing to the General Council; and
- (c) any such appeal shall be determined by the General Council or, if the Council have delegated their functions under this subsection to a committee, by that committee.
- (5) If a person has been registered as a fully registered medical practitioner by virtue of section 3(b) above at a time when a disqualifying decision was in force in respect of him, and he has been so registered for a period of not less than one month throughout which the decision had effect—
- (a) the Professional Conduct Committee may direct that his registration be suspended for such period, not exceeding the length of the first-mentioned period, as the Committee think fit, and the period of suspension shall begin on a date to be specified in the Committee’s direction; and
- (b) sections 36(6) and 40 of and paragraphs 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 and 13 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect, with any necessary modifications, in relation to suspension under this subsection.
- (6) Where on or after the date on which a person was registered by virtue of section 3(b) above a disqualifying decision relating to him comes into force, this Part of this Act shall apply, with any necessary modifications, as if it had been found that he had been convicted of the criminal offence referred to in the disqualifying decision, or that his professional conduct had been such as is imputed to him by that decision, as the case may be.
- (7) Subsection (1) of section 18 above shall not apply to a person and that person shall not be registered as a visiting EEA practitioner at any time when he is subject to a disqualifying decision imposed by a member State or its competent authority (within the meaning of that section).
#### Disciplinary provisions affecting practitioners who render services while visiting the United Kingdom
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- (1) If a national of an EEA State who has medical qualifications entitling him to registration under section 3 above but is not so registered and who renders medical services while visiting the United Kingdom (whether or not registered as a visiting EEA practitioner)—
- (a) is found by the Professional Conduct Committee to have been convicted of a criminal offence in any EEA State where he was practising medicine; or
- (b) is judged by the Professional Conduct Committee to have been guilty of serious professional misconduct,
the Committee may, if they think fit, impose on him a prohibition in respect of the rendering of medical services in the United Kingdom in the future.
- (2) A prohibition imposed under this section shall either relate to a period specified by the Professional Conduct Committee or be expressed to continue for an indefinite period.
- (3) A person may apply to the General Council for termination of a prohibition imposed on him under this section and the Council may, on any such application, terminate the prohibition or reduce the period of it; but no application may be made under this subsection—
- (a) earlier than five years from the date on which the prohibition was imposed; or
- (b) in the period of twelve months following a decision made on an earlier application.
- (4) Section 18(1) above does not apply to a person and that person shall not be registered as a visiting EEA practitioner at a time when he is subject to a prohibition imposed by the Professional Conduct Committee under this section.
- (5) Before determining whether to terminate a prohibition under subsection (3), the General Council shall require the person applying for its termination to provide such evidence as they direct as to one or more of his good character, professional competence and health; and they shall not terminate the prohibition if that evidence does not satisfy them.
- (6) Where, during the same period of prohibition, a second or subsequent application for termination of the prohibition, made by or on behalf of a person on whom the prohibition has been imposed, is unsuccessful, the General Council may direct that his right to make any further such applications shall be suspended indefinitely.
- (7) Where the General Council give a direction under subsection (6), the Registrar shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40.
- (8) Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (6) may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was made, apply to the General Council for that direction to be reviewed by the General Council and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.
## Part VI — Privileges of Registered Practitioners
#### Recovery of fees
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- (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) below, no person shall be entitled to recover any charge in any court of law for any medical advice or attendance, or for the performance of any operation, or for any medicine which he has both prescribed and supplied unless he proves that he is fully registered.
- (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to fees in respect of medical services lawfully rendered in the United Kingdom by a person who is a national of any EEA State without first being registered under this Act if he has previously complied with the requirements of subsection (2) of section 18 above or subsequently complies with those requirements as modified in respect of urgent cases by subsection (3) of that section.
- (3) Where a practitioner is a fellow of a college of physicians, fellows of which are prohibited by byelaw from recovering by law their expenses, charges or fees, then, notwithstanding that he is fully registered, the prohibitory byelaw, so long as it is in force, may be pleaded in bar of any legal proceedings instituted by him for the recovery of expenses, charges or fees.
#### Appointments not to be held except by fully registered practitioners
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- (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, no person who is not fully registered shall hold any appointment as physician, surgeon or other medical officer—
- (a) in the naval, military or air service,
- (b) in any hospital or other place for the reception of persons suffering from mental disorder, or in any other hospital, infirmary or dispensary not supported wholly by voluntary contributions,
- (c) in any prison, or
- (d) in any other public establishment, body or institution,
or to any friendly or other society for providing mutual relief in sickness, infirmity or old age.
- (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person who is not a Commonwealth citizen from being and acting as the resident physician or medical officer of any hospital established exclusively for the relief of foreigners in sickness, so long as he—
- (a) has obtained from a foreign university a degree or diploma of doctor in medicine and has passed the regular examinations entitling him to practise medicine in his own country, and
- (b) is engaged in no medical practice except as such a resident physician or medical officer.
- (3) Suspension of the registration of a fully registered person by a direction of the Committee on Professional Performance under section 36A above or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act, a direction of the Health Committee under section 37(1) or (2) above, an order of either of those Committees under section 38(1) above or an interim order under section 41A above shall not terminate any appointment such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, but the person suspended shall not perform the duties of such an appointment during the suspension.
#### Certificates invalid if not signed by fully registered practitioners
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A certificate required by any enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, from any physician, surgeon, licentiate in medicine and surgery or other medical practitioner shall not be valid unless the person signing it is fully registered.
#### Penalty for pretending to be registered
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- (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, any person who wilfully and falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of physician, doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine and surgery, bachelor of medicine, surgeon, general practitioner or apothecary, or any name, title, addition or description implying that he is registered under any provision of this Act, or that he is recognised by law as a physician or surgeon or licentiate in medicine and surgery or a practitioner in medicine or an apothecary, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale . . .
- (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to anything done by a person who is a national of any EEA State for the purposes of or in connection with the lawful rendering of medical services by him without first being registered under this Act if he has previously complied with the requirements of subsection (2) of section 18 above or subsequently complies with its requirements as modified in respect of urgent cases by subsection (3) of that section.
- (3) Any penalty to which a person is liable on summary conviction under subsection (1) above may be recovered in Scotland by any person before the sheriff or the district court who may, on the appearance or the default to appear of the accused, proceed to hear the complaint, and where the offence is proved or admitted the sheriff or court shall order the accused to pay the penalty as well as such expenses as the sheriff or court shall think fit.
- (4) Any sum of money arising from conviction and recovery of penalties as mentioned in subsection (3) above shall be paid to the treasurer of the General Council.
## Part VII — Miscellaneous and General
#### Default powers of Privy Council
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- (1) If at any time it appears to the Privy Council that—
- (a) the Education Committee have failed to secure the maintenance of the prescribed standard of proficiency at examinations; or
- (b) the General Council or the Education Committee ought to exercise any power, perform any duty, or do any act or thing vested in, imposed on or authorised to be done by them, by any provision of this Act except section 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 32(1) to (3) or (7) to (9) ... or paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to this Act,
the Privy Council may notify their opinion to the General Council or that Committee as the case requires.
- (2) If the General Council fail to comply with any directions of the Privy Council relating to a notification given under subsection (1) above, the Privy Council may themselves give effect to those directions, and for that purpose may exercise any power vested in the General Council or do any act or thing authorised to be done by that Council and may of their own motion do any act or thing which under this Act they are authorised to do in pursuance of a representation or suggestion from the General Council.
- (3) Subsection (2) above shall apply to the Education Committee as it applies to the General Council.
#### Exercise of powers to make Orders in Council and other orders
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- (1) Any power of the Privy Council to make orders under the provisions of this Act (except section 9(2) and (5)) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
- (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) below, any statutory instrument containing an Order in Council or order of the Privy Council under any provision of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
- (3) Subsection (2) above does not apply to an Order in Council under section 8(2) above or an order of the Privy Council under section 31(10) or 32(8) above or an order under section 11(5) above, but no order under section 11(5) above shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
#### Exercise of powers by Privy Council
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- (1) Any power vested in the Privy Council by this Act may be exercised by any two or more of the lords and others of the Council.
- (2) Any act of the Privy Council under this Act shall be sufficiently signified by an instrument signed by the clerk of the Council, and an order or act signified by an instrument purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Council shall be deemed to have been duly made or done by the Privy Council, and an instrument so signed shall be received in evidence in all courts and proceedings without proof of the authority or signature of the clerk of the Council or other proof.
#### Proof of certain instruments
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- (1) A copy of any instrument mentioned in subsection (2) below which—
- (a) purports to be printed by the Queen's printers, or by any other printers in pursuance of authority given by the General Council, or
- (b) is certified to be a true copy by the Registrar or by any other person appointed by the General Council, either in addition to or in place of the Registrar, to certify any such instrument,
shall be admissible in evidence.
- (2) The instruments referred to in subsection (1) above are—
- (a) any order of the Privy Council under section 9 above;
- (b) regulations made by the General Council under section 31 or 32 above;
- (c) an order of the Professional Conduct Committee , the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee under section 38 above; and
- (d) a direction of the General Council under section 39 above.
#### Saving for certain occupations
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Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or in any way affect the lawful occupation, trade, or business of chemists and druggists and dentists, or the rights, privileges or employment of duly licensed apothecaries in Northern Ireland, so far as the occupation, trade or business extends to selling, compounding or dispensing medicines.
#### Interpretation
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- (1) In this Act—
- “*acceptable overseas qualification*” has the meaning given by section 22(4) above;
- “*additional qualification*” has the meaning given by section 16(2) above;
- “*appointed member*” means a member of the General Council chosen by a university or other body designated as an appointing body by an Order in Council under section 1 above;
- “*appointing body*” means a university or other body having, by virtue of an Order in Council under section 1 above, power to choose an appointed member or members of the General Council;
- “*Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016)*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*disqualifying decision*” has the meaning given by section 44(2) above;
- “*the EEA Agreement*” and “*EEA State*” have the meanings given by section 3(3) above;
- “*elected member*” means a member of the General Council elected under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*exempt person*” has the meaning given in section 19(2) above;
- . . .
- “*fully registered person*” means a person for the time being registered under section 3, 19, 21A, 25 or 27 above as a fully registered medical practitioner, or under section 18 above as a visiting EEA practitioner, and—so far as mentioned in subsection (3) of section 15 (including that subsection as applied by section 15A(4)) or 21 above, but not further, includes a person for the time being provisionally registered;in relation to such employment and such things as are mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (7) of section 22 above, but not in relation to other matters, includes a person for the time being registered under that section with limited registration;and “*fully registered*” shall be construed accordingly;
- “*the General Council*” means the General Medical Council;
- “impaired”, in relation to a person’s fitness to practise, has the meaning given in section 35C(2) above;
- “*limited registration*” has the meaning given by section 22(2) above;
- “*national*”, in relation to a EEA State, has the same meaning as in the Community Treaties, but does not include a person who by virtue of Article 2 of Protocol No. 3 (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) to the Treaty of Accession is not to benefit from Community provisions relating to the free movement of persons and services;
- “*the necessary knowledge of English*”, in relation to an applicant for registration under this Act, means the knowledge which, in the interests of himself and his patients, is necessary for the practice of medicine in the United Kingdom;
- “*nominated member*” means a member of the General Council nominated by Her Majesty under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*the permitted period*”, in relation to limited registration, has the meaning given by section 22(3) above;
- “*the prescribed knowledge and skill*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*a prescribed pattern of experience*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*the prescribed standard of proficiency*” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;
- “*primary European qualification*” shall be construed in accordance with section 17 above;
- “*primary United Kingdom qualification*” has the meaning given by section 4(3) above;
- “*professional performance*” includes a medical practitioner’s professional competence;
- “*provisionally registered*” means provisionally registered under section 15 , 15A or 21 above;
- “*qualification*”, except where the context otherwise requires, means any diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letters testimonial, certificate or other status or document granted in respect of any branch or branches of medicine by any university, corporation, college or other body or by any department of, or persons acting under the authority of, the government of any country or place;
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- “*the register*” means the register of medical practitioners, except that, in relation to a person registered with limited registration, it means the register of medical practitioners with limited registration;
- “*the Registrar*” has the meaning given by section 2(1) above but subject to sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- “*revalidation*” has the meaning given in section 29A above;
- . . .
- “*the statutory committees*” means the committees specified in section 1(3) above.
- (2) In relation to anything done before the adoption by the Council of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016), references in this Act to that Directive, or to any provision of that Directive, shall be construed as references to, or to the corresponding provision of, the following Directives as for the time being amended, namely—
- (a) Council Directive No.[75/362/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1975/0362) concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine; and
- (b) Council Directive No.[75/363/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1975/0363) concerning the coordination of provisions in respect of activities of doctors.
#### Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions and savings
##### 56
- (1) Schedule 5 (consequential amendments) and Schedule 6 (transitional and saving provisions) to this Act shall have effect but without prejudice to the operation of sections 15 to 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals); and in Schedule 6 “*the 1956 Act*” and “*the 1978 Act*” mean the Medical Act 1956 and the Medical Act 1978 respectively.
- (2) Subject to subsection (1) above, the enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part of that Schedule.
- (3) The instruments specified in Part II of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Part, but the re-enactment of Articles 4, 7 and 8 of the Medical Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1977 in provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to the validity of those Articles, and any question as to the validity of them shall be determined as if the re-enacting provision of this Act were contained in a statutory instrument made under the powers under which that Order was made.
#### Short title, commencement and extent
##### 57
- (1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Act 1983.
- (2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
- (3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
## SCHEDULE 1
## Part I — Constitution of the General Medical Council
### General
##### 1
- (1) The General Council shall consist of—
- (a) elected members;
- (b) appointed members; and
- (c) nominated members.
- (2) The numbers of elected members, appointed members and nominated members shall be such that the number of the elected members exceeds the number of the appointed and nominated members.
- (3) The General Council shall consist of no more than 35 members.
### Elected members
##### 2
- (1) Elections of elected members shall be conducted in accordance with an electoral scheme under this paragraph providing for the election of members for the following four constituencies, that is to say—
- (a) England, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
- (b) Wales;
- (c) Scotland; and
- (d) Northern Ireland.
- (1A) The provision that may be made by an electoral scheme includes provision for any of the constituencies listed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (d) above to be divided into two or more separate constituencies.
- (2) An electoral scheme shall be made, with the approval of the Privy Council, by the General Council after consultation with such bodies as appear to the General Council to be representative of medical practitioners.
- (3) An electoral scheme under sub-paragraph (2) above may be amended by the General Council with the approval of the Privy Council and after consultation with such bodies as are mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
- (4) The persons qualified to elect the elected members for any constituency shall be those who, on a date determined in accordance with the electoral scheme—
- (a) are resident in the constituency for which the election is held;
- (b) are fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (c) are holders of licences to practise.
- (5) A person shall not be qualified to be elected as an elected member unless he—
- (a) is fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (b) holds a licence to practise.
- (5A) An electoral scheme shall make provision for the disclosure to those qualified to vote at an election of information (including information concerning fitness to practise) relating to a person seeking election.
- (6) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be taken to be resident at his address in the register.
### Appointed members
##### 3
- (1) Appointed members shall be chosen by such bodies as are designated for the time being as appointing bodies by an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act.
- (2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as an appointed member unless he—
- (a) is fully registered, provisionally registered or registered with limited registration; and
- (b) holds a licence to practise.
- (3) An Order in Council under section 1 of this Act may give an appointing body the power to choose more than one appointed member or to choose an appointed member in combination with another appointing body or bodies.
### Nominated members
##### 4
- (1) Nominated members shall be nominated by the Privy Council.
- (2) One member at least shall be nominated for England, for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
- (3) A nominated member shall be a person who is neither fully registered nor a holder of any qualification registrable under this Act.
### Supplementary
##### 5
An Order in Council under section 1 of this Act may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient.
##### 6
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person shall not be qualified to be a member of the General Council if he has attained the age of seventy years.
- (2) The General Council may by rules provide that sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect with the substitution of such age less than seventy years as is specified in the rules.
- (3) No rules under sub-paragraph (2) above shall come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 7
- (1) Notwithstanding paragraph 1(2) above, an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act—
- (a) may make provision permitting elections to fill casual vacancies among the elected members to be held together, but
- (b) may not permit a casual vacancy among the elected members to be left unfilled for a period exceeding six months, except in accordance with paragraph (c) below, and
- (c) may make provision that a casual vacancy among the elected members need not be filled if the unexpired term of the elected member giving rise to the vacancy is less than twelve months.
- (2) In sub-paragraph (1) above the “unexpired term” means the period beginning with the date on which the member ceased to be a member and ending with the date on which his full term of office would have expired.
##### 8
No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to amend or revoke an Order in Council under section 1 of this Act so far as it relates to the appointing bodies except in pursuance of a representation made to the Privy Council by the General Council.
## Part II — Incidental Powers and Duties and Proceedings of the General Medical Council
### Incidental powers and duties
##### 9
It shall be within the capacity of the General Council as a corporation to do such things and enter into such transactions as are in their opinion incidental or conducive to the performance of their functions under this Act, including the borrowing of money.
##### 10
For the purpose of enabling the General Council to compile or assist in the compilation of statistics relating to medical practice and practitioners the Council may from time to time issue to persons registered under this Act (otherwise than under section 18) requests for information on matters which in the opinion of the Council are relevant for that purpose.
##### 11
The General Council may provide facilities for testing the knowledge of English of applicants for registration under section 21A or 22 of this Act.
### Proceedings of the General Council
##### 12
The validity of any proceedings of the General Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Council or by any defect in the election, appointment or nomination of a member of the Council.
##### 13
The quorum of the General Council shall be prescribed by Her Majesty by Order in Council made under section 1 of this Act.
##### 14
All acts of the General Council shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the members present at any meeting, and if the votes are equal the person who presides at the meeting shall, in addition to his vote as a member of the Council, have a casting vote.
##### 15
- (1) The General Council may by standing order make provision with respect to the meetings and proceedings of and the discharge of their functions by the Council and any committees of the Council, with respect to the composition of committees of the Council and with respect to the functions of the officers of the Council.
- (2) Any standing order made by the Council under this paragraph may be amended or revoked by a subsequent standing order.
- (3) This paragraph does not apply in relation to the statutory committees other than the Education Committee nor shall standing orders be made under it in relation to the discharge of the Council’s functions under section 39 of this Act or in relation to any committee to which those functions may be delegated.
### Officers of the General Council
##### 16
- (1) The General Council shall elect from among their number a president of the General Council and may so elect a chairman and a treasurer or treasurers of the General Council.
- (2) . . . any chairman or treasurer elected in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be elected for a term not extending beyond the expiration of the term for which he has been elected, chosen or nominated to be a member of the General Council.
- (3) The General Council shall appoint a person to be registrar of the Council and may appoint such deputy and assistant registrars of the Council as the Council think fit and where a deputy or assistant registrar is authorised by the Registrar to act for him in any matter, any reference in this Act to the Registrar or in a direction or delegation to him under sub-paragraph (4) below, shall include a reference to that deputy or assistant where the reference relates to that matter.
- (4) Subject to paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to this Act, the Registrar shall, in addition to the functions specifically mentioned in this Act, have such other functions as the General Council may think fit to direct him to perform or delegate to him (whether or not in rules or standing orders).
### Financial provisions
##### 17
There shall be paid to the members of the General Council such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the Council may allow, including payments for duties undertaken as trustees of the Council.
##### 18
- (1) Any fees or other sums payable by virtue of this Act in connection with registration under this Act shall be paid to the General Council, and any expenses of the Council shall be defrayed out of the sums received by the Council either on account of those fees and sums, or from the sale of registers, or otherwise.
- (2) The General Council shall keep proper accounts of all sums received or paid by them, and proper records in relation to those accounts (including records of the evidence furnished by branch councils under paragraph 28 below), and their accounts for each financial year of the Council shall be audited by auditors appointed by the Council.
- (3) No person shall be appointed auditor under this paragraph unless he is eligible for appointment as a company auditor under section 25 of the Companies Act 1989.
- (4) As soon as may be after the accounts of the General Council have been audited, the Council shall cause them to be published and shall send a copy of them to the Privy Council together with a copy of any report of the auditors on them, and the Privy Council shall lay a copy of the accounts and of any report of the auditors on the accounts before each House of Parliament.
## Part III — Committees of the General Medical Council
### The Education Committee
##### 19
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below and the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 below to co-opt members the composition of the Education Committee shall be such as the General Council think fit.
- (2) The members of the Committee chosen by the General Council shall be so chosen as to ensure that the number of appointed members exceeds the number of elected and nominated members or, if there are no nominated members chosen to be members of the Committee, the number of elected members.
### The Preliminary Proceedings Committee
##### 20
The Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Professional Conduct Committee
##### 21
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Professional Conduct Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Health Committee
##### 22
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members the Health Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### Supplementary
##### 23
Rules under paragraphs 21, 21B, and 22 above shall secure that a person who sits as a member of the Interim Orders Committee, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee or the Assessment Referral Committee in proceedings on any case shall not sit as a member of the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee in any subsequent proceedings on that case.
##### 24
Rules under paragraph 19A, 20, 21 , 21A, 21B or 22 above shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 25
- (1) Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this Part of this Schedule the General Council may constitute ... one or more committees.
- (1A) Any committee of the General Council may consist of or include persons who are not members of the Council.
- (2) Subject to and in accordance with paragraph 23 above, a Committee of the General Council may, if authorised to do so by the General Council, co-opt such persons (whether or not members of the Council) as the Committee think fit.
- (3) The General Council may delegate to any committee of the Council such of the Council’s functions as they think fit but the determination of the remuneration payable to visitors appointed by the Education Committee under section 7(1) or 13(1) of this Act or to inspectors appointed by that Committee under section 6(2) of this Act shall be subject to the approval of the General Council.
- (4) Except where rules made by virtue of paragraph 23B above make provision as to quorum in the case of any of the statutory committees, the quorum of a committee of the General Council shall be such as the Council may from time to time determine.
- (5) There shall be paid to the members of the committees of the General Council such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the Council may allow.
## Part IV — The Branch Councils
##### 26
- (1) There shall continue to be a branch council for England, for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
- (2) The branch council for each area shall be constituted as provided by the General Council.
- (2A) Some or all members of a branch council may be persons who are not members of the General Council.
- (3) The General Council may delegate to a branch council such of the functions of the General Council (other than those conferred by section 39 of this Act) as the General Council think fit.
##### 27
Each branch council shall appoint a registrar of the council but the person appointed to be registrar of the General Council—
- (a) shall also be registrar of the branch council for England; and
- (b) may also be registrar of all or any of the other branch councils.
##### 28
The General Council shall furnish each branch council with such sums as the branch council may require for defraying any expenses incurred by the branch council with the approval of the General Council; and each branch council shall furnish the General Council with such evidence as the General Council may reasonably require of all payments made by the branch council out of sums furnished by the General Council.
##### 29
There shall be paid to the members of the branch councils such remuneration and such travelling, subsistence or other expenses as the General Council may allow.
## SCHEDULE 2
### Belgium
"Diplôme légal de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accouchements/Wettelijk diploma van doctor in de genees-, heel-en verloskunde " (diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics required by law) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the Central Examining Board or the State University Education Examining Board.
### Denmark
"Bevis for bestaet tegevidenskabelig embedseksamen" (diploma of doctor of medicine required by law) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and " dokumentation for gennemf0rt praktisk uddannelse " (certificate of practical training issued by the competent authorities of the health service).
### France
##### 1
“Diplôme d’Etat de docteur en médecine” (State diploma of doctor of medicine) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the university joint faculties of medicine and pharmacy, or by the universities.
##### 2
“Diplôme d’université de docteur en médecine” (university diploma of doctor of medicine) where that diploma certifies completion of the same training course as that laid down for the State diploma of doctor of medicine.
### Germany
##### 1
“Zeugnis über die ärztliche Staatsprüfung” (the State examination certificate in medicine) awarded by the competent authorities and the “Zeugnis über die Vorbereitungszeit als Medizinalassistent” (certificate stating that the preparatory period as medical assistant has been completed) in so far as German law still requires such a period to complete medical training.
##### 2
Zeugnis über die ärtzliche Staatsprüfung’ (the State examination certificate in medicine) awarded by the competent authorities after 30th June 1988 and the certificate attesting to the practice of medicine during a period of practical training (“Arzt im Praktikum”).
### Greece
πτυχίο ỉατρικñς Σχολñς (degree awarded by the Faculty of Medicine) awarded by a University Faculty of Medicine, and
πιτοτοποιητικό πρακτικñς άσκήσεως (certificate of practical training) issued by the Ministry for Social Services.
### Republic of Ireland
A primary qualification granted in the Republic of Ireland after passing a qualifying examination held by a competent examining body and a certificate of experience granted by that body which give entitlement to registration as a fully registered medical practitioner.
### Italy
" Diploma di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia " (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission.
### Luxembourg
##### 1
“Diplôme d’Etat de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accouchements” (State diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics) awarded by the State Examining Board, and endorsed by the Minister of Education, and “certificat de stage” (certificate of practical training) endorsed by the Minister for Public Health.
##### 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
##### 3
Oulun yliopisto
### The Netherlands
"Universitair getuigschrift van arts" (university certificate of doctor).
## SCHEDULE 3
### Preliminary
##### 1
- (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, any right to registration of persons under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or of qualifications under section 16 or 26 of this Act shall be conditional on the making of such an application, supported by such evidence, as is required by this Schedule.
- (2) Nothing in this Schedule applies to anything done in pursuance of a direction under section 41 of this Act for restoration to the register.
### To which registrar application to be made
##### 2
- (1) The following applications shall be made to the registrar of one of the branch councils, that is to say—
- (a) applications for registration of persons under section 3(1)(a) , 15 or 15A of this Act; and
- (b) applications under section 16 of this Act (other than applications for registration of primary European qualifications where the applicant was registered under section 3(1)(b) of this Act by virtue of those qualifications).
- (2) The following applications shall be made to the Registrar, that is to say—
- (a) applications for registration of persons under section 3(1)(b) of this Act and for the registration of the qualifications of those persons by virtue of which they were entitled to be registered under that paragraph;
- (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (c) applications under section 26 of this Act.
- (3) In the following provisions of this Schedule “*the appropriate registrar*”, in relation to an application for registration, means the registrar to whom, in accordance with this paragraph, the application is made.
### Proof of qualifications
##### 3
- (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person making an application for registration under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or an application under section 16 of this Act for the registration of the primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications he holds when he is registered under those sections shall produce or send to the appropriate registrar the document conferring or evidencing the qualification by virtue of which the application is made together with a statement of his name and address and such other particulars (if any) as may be required for registration.
- (2) Any university in the United Kingdom or any other body specified in section 4(3) of this Act may from time to time send to the Registrar or the registrar of a branch council lists certified under that body’s seal of the persons who have been granted qualifications by the body stating the qualifications and addresses of the persons included in the list, and a registrar—
- (a) may for the purposes of this Act treat any such list sent to that registrar as sufficient evidence of the entitlement of any person mentioned in it to the qualification or qualifications which he is stated in it to have been granted; and
- (b) on an application for registration under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act or an application under section 16 of this Act for the registration of primary United Kingdom qualifications held on registration under those sections may issue a certificate of registration under paragraph 5 below to a person mentioned in any such list sent to that registrar as having been granted a primary United Kingdom qualification without the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above being produced or sent to him.
- (3) Where an application is made for registration under section 3(1)(b) of this Act (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), the appropriate registrar shall take no account of any document issued in accordance with article 11 or 12 of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016) which is received by him more than three months after the date of its issue.
##### 4
A registrar shall not register any qualification, whether on first registration of a person or by way of addition, unless he is satisfied that the person claiming the qualification is entitled to it; but if a registrar to whom an application for registration of a qualification is made determines that he is not so satisfied, the applicant may appeal to the General Council.
### Issue of certificates of registration
##### 5
- (1) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, on an application for the registration of a person under section 3, 15 or 15A of this Act the appropriate registrar, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in accordance with the application—
- (a) shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph; and
- (b) in the case of an application under section 3 made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) of that section (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), shall do so before the end of the requisite period.
- (1A) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the requisite period” means—
- (a) the period of three months beginning with the date on which the appropriate registrar received all the documents enabling him to be satisfied of the applicant’s entitlement to be registered in accordance with the application, or
- (b) such longer period as is permitted by article 15 of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016).
- (2) On registering a person under section 19, 21, 21A, 22 and 25 or 27 of this Act the Registrar shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph.
- (3) Subject as aforesaid, on an application for the registration of a qualification under section 16 or 26 of this Act, the appropriate registrar if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to have the qualification registered in accordance with the application shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph.
- (4) A certificate of registration under this paragraph must be in the form prescribed by regulations under section 31 of this Act for entries in the register in question and shall state the name of the applicant and such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations.
### Entry in or alteration of a register
##### 6
- (1) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (2) below, the particulars stated in any certificate of registration issued under paragraph 5(1) or (3) above shall be deemed for all purposes to have been duly registered on the date of issue of the certificate except in so far as they were actually registered before that date, and references in this Act to registration shall be construed accordingly.
- (2) On issuing a certificate of registration under paragraph 5(1) or (3) above the appropriate registrar shall—
- (a) if he is the registrar of a branch council (but is not also the Registrar), with all convenient speed send a copy of the certificate certified under his hand to the Registrar, who shall forthwith cause an appropriate entry or alteration to be made in the register in question; or
- (b) if he is the Registrar, forthwith cause an appropriate entry or alteration to be made in the register in question.
- (3) An entry or alteration made in a register in pursuance of this paragraph shall bear the same date as the certificate of registration by virtue of which it is made.
### Visiting EEA practitioners
##### 7
- (1) No application shall be required for registration under section 18 of this Act.
- (2) The Registrar may issue certificates of registration to visiting EEA practitioners.
## SCHEDULE 4
### Procedure of and evidence before the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels
##### 1
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the General Council shall make rules for the Investigation Committee, Interim Orders Panels and Fitness to Practise Panels with respect to—
- (a) the reference of cases to the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel; and
- (b) the procedure to be followed and rules of evidence to be observed in proceedings before that Committee or such a Panel.
- (2) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with the consideration by the Investigation Committee of whether to warn a person regarding his future conduct or performance under section 35C(6) above shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice shall be given to this effect to the person concerned;
- (b) securing that the person concerned shall be entitled to make representations in writing to the Committee;
- (c) securing that if the Committee determines that there should be an oral hearing, the person concerned shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Committee;
- (d) enabling the person concerned to be represented before the Committee by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules; and
- (e) securing that notice be served on the person concerned of any decision taken in relation to him by the Committee.
- (3) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with the consideration by an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel of the making of an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional registration under section 41A above, or in connection with the review of such an interim order, shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the person to whom the proceedings relate;
- (b) securing that a person in relation to whom an order has been made shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Panel on each occasion on which they review the order;
- (c) enabling the person in relation to whom the order has been made to be represented before the Panel by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;
- (d) for service on the person to whom the proceedings relate of notice of any decision taken in relation to him by the Panel; and
- (e) determining when proceedings before the Panel are to be held in public and when in private (including provision securing that they are to be held in public if the person to whom the proceedings relate so requests).
- (4) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with any other proceedings before a Fitness to Practise Panel shall include provision—
- (a) securing that notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the person to whose registration the proceedings relate;
- (b) securing that any party to the proceedings shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by a Panel;
- (c) enabling any party to the proceedings to be represented before the Panel by counsel or a solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and the party so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;
- (d) in relation to conduct, conviction or determination proceedings, for proceedings before a Panel to be held in public unless and to the extent that the rules provide otherwise; and
- (e) in relation to health or performance proceedings, requiring proceedings before a Panel to be held in public if the person concerned so requests unless and to the extent that the rules provide otherwise.
- (5) Rules made under this paragraph shall specify the relevant date for the purposes of sections 35A and 35B of this Act.
- (6) Before making rules under this paragraph the General Council shall consult such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners, or medical practitioners of any description, as appear to the General Council requisite to be consulted.
- (7) Rules under this paragraph shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
- (8) The Privy Council may approve such rules—
- (a) as submitted to them; or
- (b) subject to such modifications as appear to them to be requisite.
- (9) Where the Privy Council propose to approve rules under this paragraph subject to modifications, they shall—
- (a) notify the General Council of the modifications they propose to make; and
- (b) consider any observations which the General Council may make on the modifications.
- (10) In this paragraph—
- “conduct proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(a) above;
- “performance proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(b) above;
- “conviction proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(c) above;
- “health proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(d) above; and
- “determination proceedings” means proceedings involving an allegation of a kind mentioned in section 35C(2)(e) above.
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- (1) For the purpose of proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland the Committee may administer oaths, and any party to the proceedings may issue a writ of sub poena ad testificandum or duces tecum, but no person shall be compelled under any such writ to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.
- (2) Section 36 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 or section 67 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (which provide a special procedure for the issue of such writs so as to be in force throughout the United Kingdom) shall apply in relation to proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee in England and Wales or, as the case may be, in Northern Ireland as those provisions apply in relation to causes or matters in the High Court or actions or suits pending in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.
- (3) For the purpose of proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee in Scotland, the Committee may administer oaths and the Court of Session shall on the application of any party to the proceedings have the like power as in any action in that court—
- (a) to grant warrant for the citation of witnesses and havers to give evidence or to produce documents before the Committee, and for the issue of letters of second diligence against any witness or haver failing to appear after due citation;
- (b) to grant warrant for the recovery of documents; and
- (c) to grant commissions to persons to take the evidence of witnesses or to examine havers and receive their exhibits and productions.
##### 3
Where—
- (a) several sittings of the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee of the Assessment Referral Committee, of the Committee on Professional Performance,, of the Health Committee or of the General Council are required to enable the Committee or the Council to dispose of a case; or
- (b) on an appeal ... under section 40 of this Act, the case is remitted to the Committee or to the General Council for the Committee or the Council to dispose of the case in accordance with directions given by the court (or the sheriff) ;
the validity of the proceedings on the case before the Professional Conduct Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance, the Health Committee or the General Council, as the case may be, shall not be called into question by reason only that members of the Committee or Council who were present at a former meeting were not present at a later meeting of the Committee or Council or that members present at a later meeting were not present at a former meeting of the Committee or Council, as the case may be.
### Reference and transfer of cases to the Health Committee
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- (1) Where, in the course of inquiring into the case of a practitioner, it appears to the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee or the Committee on Professional Performance that his fitness to practise may be seriously impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition, the Committee may refer that question to the Health Committee for determination.
- (2) If, on a reference under this paragraph, the Health Committee determine that the fitness of the practitioner to practise is not seriously impaired by reason of his condition the Health Committee shall certify their opinion to the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee or, as the case may be, the Committee on Professional Performance.
- (3) If, on a reference under this paragraph, the Health Committee determine that the fitness of the practitioner to practice is seriously impaired by reason of his condition the Health Committee shall certify their opinion to the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee or, as the case may be, the Committee on Professional Performance and shall proceed to dispose of the case and the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee or, as the case may be, the Committee on Professional Performance shall cease to exercise their functions in relation to the case.
### Preliminary proceedings
##### 5
- (1) The General Council shall make rules for the Preliminary Proceedings Committee with respect to the times and places of the meetings of the Committee and the mode of summoning the members, and the manner in which the Committee are to discharge their functions.
- (2) Rules made under this paragraph for the Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall include provision requiring that before any case is considered by the Committee it shall have been considered by a member of the General Council appointed for the purpose by the Council and referred by that person to the Committee.
- (3) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
### Proceedings for erasure of entries fraudulently or incorrectly made
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- (1) The General Council shall make rules with respect to the discharge by the Council of their functions under section 39 of this Act.
- (2) If the Council delegate their functions under that section to a Fitness to Practise Panel or other committee, rules shall make provision with respect to the discharge of those functions by the Panel or committee.
- (3) Sub-paragraph (6) and (7) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
### Legal assessors
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- (1) For the purpose of advising the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance,the Health Committee and the Preliminary Proceedings Committee on questions of law arising in proceedings before them there shall in all such proceedings be an assessor to the Committee who shall be appointed by the General Council and shall be
- (a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
- (b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years’ standing; or
- (c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years’ standing.
- (2) An assessor may be appointed under this paragraph either generally or for any particular proceedings or class of proceedings.
- (3) The Lord Chancellor or, in relation to proceedings in Scotland, the Secretary of State may make rules as to the functions of assessors appointed under this paragraph, including without prejudice to the generality of the powers to make such rules, the function of advising on the drafting of decisions.
- (4) Rules made under this paragraph in connection with proceedings before the Investigation Committee, an Interim Orders Panel or a Fitness to Practise Panel may in particular contain such provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State expedient for—
- (a) securing that where an assessor advises the Committee or a Panel on any question of law as to evidence, procedure or any other matter specified in the rules, he shall either—
- (i) so advise in the presence of every party, or person representing a party, to the proceedings who appears at the proceedings, or
- (ii) inform every such party or person of the advice that he has tendered, if the advice is tendered after the Committee or the Panel have begun their deliberations;
- (b) securing that every such party or person shall be informed if in any case the Committee or the Panel do not accept the advice of the assessor on any such question,
and may also contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State expedient.
- (5) The General Council may pay to persons appointed to act as assessors such remuneration as the Council may determine.
- (6) The power to make rules under this paragraph shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
### Service of notifications of decisions
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- (1) Any notification required by section 36(6), 36A(7),37(6), 38(3), 39(2) , 41(7), 41A(5), 42(3) or 45(7) or by virtue of section 41B(5) of this Act to be served on a person by the Registrar may be served on him either by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by registered post or by the recorded delivery service.
- (2) For the purposes of this paragraph and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this paragraph, a person’s proper address shall be his address in the register or, if his last known address differs from his address in the register and it appears to the Registrar that a letter sent to him there is more likely to reach him, his last known address.
- (3) For the purposes of this paragraph service of a notification effected by sending it by post shall be deemed to have been effected at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and so much of the said section 7 as relates to the time when service is deemed to have been effected shall not apply to a notification sent by post.
### Extension of time for appealing
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Where any notification required by section 36(6), 36A(7), 37(6) or 39(2) of this Act to be served on a person by the Registrar is served on him by sending it by post then, on an application made at any time by that person, the member of the General Council appointed to act for the purposes of this paragraph, if satisfied that the notification was not received by that person within fourteen days of the giving of the decision to which the notification relates, may if he thinks fit by authorisation in writing extend the time within which an appeal under section 40 of this Act may be brought against the decision.
### Taking effect of directions for erasure, suspension or conditional registration and of variations of conditions of registration
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- (1) A direction for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration given by the Professional Conduct Committee under section 36 of this Act, a direction for suspension or for conditional registration given by the Committee on Professional Performance under section 36A of this Act, a direction for suspension or for conditional registration given by the Health Committee under section 37 of this Act, a variation by any of those Committees of the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration under section 36 , 36A or 37 of this Act and a direction for erasure given by the General Council under section 39 of this Act shall take effect—
- (a) where no appeal under section 40 is brought against the direction or variation within the time specified in that section, on the expiration of that time;
- (b) where such an appeal is so brought but is withdrawn or dismissed for want of prosecution, on the withdrawal or dismissal of the appeal;
- (c) where such an appeal is so brought and is not withdrawn or dismissed for want of prosecution, if and when the appeal is dismissed.
- (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) Where the time for appealing against a direction or variation such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) ... above is extended by an authorisation under paragraph 9 above, sub-paragraph (1) above ... shall apply to the direction or variation as if the reference in (a) to the time specified in section 40 of this Act were a reference to that time as so extended; and if the authorisation is given after the expiration of the time specified in section 40 of this Act , the direction or variation shall be deemed not to have taken effect on the expiration of that time, and any reference in this Act to the time when such a direction takes effect in accordance with this paragraph shall be construed accordingly.
- (4) Any reference in this paragraph to a direction for suspension or for conditional registration includes a reference to a direction extending a period of suspension or conditional registration.
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- (1) If, while a person’s registration is suspended under section 36 , 36Aor 37 of this Act, a direction is given under subsection (3) of that section, the suspension of his registration shall continue to have effect throughout any period which may intervene between the time when, but for this sub-paragraph, the suspension of his registration would end and the time when the direction takes effect in accordance with paragraph 10 above or an appeal against it under section 40 of this Act is (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (2) If, on the determination of an appeal under section 40 of this Act, a direction extending a current period of suspension for a further period takes effect after the time when, but for sub-paragraph (1) above, the current period of suspension would have ended, that further period shall be treated as having started to run from that time.
- (3) If, while a person’s registration is subject to conditions imposed under section 36 , 36A or 37 of this Act, a direction is given under subsection (2) or (4) of section 36 or 37 or subsection (2) or (6) of section 36A, the conditions attached to his registration shall continue to attach to it throughout any period which may intervene between the time when, but for this sub-paragraph, his registration would cease to be conditional and the time when the direction takes effect in accordance with paragraph 10 above or an appeal against it under section 40 of this Act (otherwise than by the dismissal of the appeal) determined.
- (4) If, on the determination of an appeal under section 40 of this Act, a direction extending a current period of conditional registration for a further period takes effect after the time when, but for sub-paragraph (3) above, the current period of conditional registration would have ended, that further period shall be treated as having started to run from that time.
### Recording of directions for suspension or conditional registration
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Where a direction under section 36 , 36A or 37 of this Act for suspension or for conditional registration takes effect in relation to any person the Registrar shall make a note in the register of the fact that that person’s registration is suspended or subject to conditions.
### Meaning of “party”
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In this Schedule “*party*”, in relation to proceedings before the Professional Conduct Committee , the Assessment Referral Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee, means any person to whose registration the proceedings relate, or any person on whose complaint the proceedings are brought, or the Solicitor to the General Council.
## SCHEDULE 5
### Dentists Act 1957
##### 1
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### Mental Health Act 1959
##### 2
In the definition of “*medical practitioner*” in section 147(1) of the Mental Health Act 1959 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 ”.
### Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960
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In the definition of “*medical practitioner*” in section 111(1) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 ”.
### Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961
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### Medicines Act 1968
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In section 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
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In section 158(1) of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, in the definition of “doctor” for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Nurses and Midwives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970
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In section 54(1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, in the definition of “doctor” for the words “the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
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In section 20 of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, in the definition of “fully registered person” for the words “section 54(1) of the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
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In section 37(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
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In Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, in the definition of “medical practitioner” for the words “the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969” there shall be substituted the words “ the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Finance Act 1972
##### 11
In the Finance Act 1972—
- (a) in Schedule 4 in Note (2)(a) to Group 14 and in Schedule 5 in Note (2) to Group 7 for the words “paragraph (3) of Article 7 of the Medical Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1977” and “that Article” there shall be substituted respectively the words “ subsection (3) of section 18 of the Medical Act 1983 ” and “ that section ”; and
- (b) Note (2)(b) to the said Group 14 and Note (4) to the said Group 7 shall cease to have effect.
### Poisons Act 1972
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In section 11(2) of the Poisons Act 1972 for the definition of “doctor” there shall be substituted—
> “*doctor*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
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In Article 2(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, in the definition of “registered medical practitioner” for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
##### 14
In Article 23 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
##### 15
In Article 2(2) of the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, in the definition of “fully registered person” for the words “section 54(1) of the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### National Health Service Act 1977
##### 16
In the National Health Service Act 1977—
- (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (b) in section 128(1) for the definition of “medical practitioner” there shall be substituted—
> “*medical practitioner*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
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In the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978—
- (a) in section 19(7) for the words “section 8(1) or (2) of the Medical Act 1978”, “section 9(1)” and “section 13(3)(b)” there shall be substituted respectively the words “ section 37(1) or (2) of the Medical Act 1983 ”, “ section 38(1) ” and “ section 42(3)(b) ”; and
- (b) in section 108(1) for the definition of “medical practitioner” there shall be substituted—
> “*medical practitioner*” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978
.
### Interpretation Act 1978
##### 18
In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978, in the definition of “registered medical practitioner”, for the words “the Medical Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “ the Medical Act 1983 ”.
### Dentists Act 1983
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## SCHEDULE 6
##### 1
Where any period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.
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Where, apart from this paragraph, anything done under or for the purposes of any enactment which is repealed by this Act would cease to have effect by virtue of that repeal it shall have effect as if it had been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Act.
##### 3
Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 57(3) of the 1956 Act, anything continued in force by that section shall continue in force following that repeal and so far as it could have been made, given or done under this Act shall have effect as if it had been so made, given or done.
##### 4
The repeal of section 4 of the 1978 Act by this Act shall not affect the operation of Article 3 of the Irish Republic (Termination of 1927 Agreement) Order 1979 but after the commencement of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the references in that Article to provisions of the 1956 Act shall have effect as references to the corresponding provisions of this Act.
##### 5
Nothing in the repeals made by this Act shall affect any registration or entry or note in a register which has effect by virtue of any enactment repealed by this Act.
##### 6
References in any enactment, instrument or other document passed or made before 23rd February 1951 to the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom shall be construed as references to the General Council.
##### 7
References (however worded) to the general register kept for the purposes of the 1956 Act in any Act or instrument passed or made before 26th January 1979 shall be construed as references to the register of medical practitioners.
##### 8
The reference in section 31(8) of this Act to a person whose name has been erased from the register by virtue of section 30(5) of this Act shall include references to a person whose name has been erased from the register by virtue of section 3(5) of the Medical Act 1969, or section 41(7) of the 1956 Act or the corresponding enactment repealed by that Act.
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A person who immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Medical Act 1969 held an additional qualification within the meaning of section 8 of the 1956 Act as originally enacted shall, if registered under section 3 of this Act or on becoming so registered, be entitled to have the qualification registered; and if he is not registered under section 3 of this Act that qualification shall confer on him the same right to registration under that section as a primary United Kingdom qualification.
##### 10
Any reference to infamous conduct in any professional respect in any enactment passed, or in any instrument made, before 1st April 1970 shall, in so far as it relates to the conduct of medical practitioners, be construed as, or as including, a reference to serious professional misconduct.
##### 11
- (1) In any enactment passed before 1st January 1979 the expression “legally qualified medical practitioner”, or “duly qualified medical practitioner”, or any expression importing a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed to mean a fully registered person.
- (2) In any enactment passed before 1st January 1979 references (however expressed) to a person registered under the Medical Acts or as a medical practitioner shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to a fully registered person.
##### 12
Any direction given or order made under sections 32 to 38 of or Schedule 4 to the 1956 Act or section 15 or 16 of the Medical Act 1969 which had taken effect before 1st August 1980 and was in force immediately before that day shall, if it could be given or made under a provision of this Act have effect on and after that day as if given or made under that provision of this Act and sections 36, 38, 40 and 41 of this Act shall apply accordingly.
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Any reference in any instrument to the Disciplinary Committee or to any provision repealed by section 6(4)(a) of the 1978 Act shall be construed as a reference to the Professional Conduct Committee or to the provision of this Act which corresponds to that repealed provision.
##### 14
Nothing in the transfer of functions which was effected by section 15(7) of the 1978 Act shall be taken to affect the validity of the Period of Employment as House Officers Regulations 1951 and any order approving those regulations may be varied or revoked as if the regulations had been made by the Education Committee.
##### 15
In relation to any person who was provisionally registered under section 17 of the 1956 Act immediately before section 16 of the 1978 Act came into operation—
- (a) section 15 of the 1956 Act shall continue to have effect as it had immediately before that date;
- (b) section 10 of this Act shall not have effect; and
- (c) the remaining provisions of this Act shall have effect as if references to or to the provisions of section 10 of this Act were references to or to the provisions of section 15 of the 1956 Act.
##### 16
The decisions within section 29(2) of this Act shall include those which were within subsection (2) of section 28 of the 1978 Act immediately before the commencement of this Act other than those to which subsection (3) of that section applied.
##### 17
Section 41 of this Act applies to a person whose name has been erased from the register under section 33 of the 1956 Act or any corresponding enactment repealed by that Act as it applies to a person whose name is erased under section 36 of this Act.
##### 18
Until provision is made with respect to proceedings before the Professional Conduct Committee under section 44 of this Act, rules made or having effect as if made under ... paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act, so far as relating to proof of criminal convictions, shall be applied with any necessary modifications to proof of a disqualifying decision.
##### 19
Section 53 of this Act shall apply to a copy of any document to which section 51 of the 1956 Act applied immediately before the commencement of this Act as if such documents were mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.
##### 20
- (1) A person registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act shall be deemed to be provisionally registered within the meaning of this Act and the definitions in section 55 of this Act of “provisionally registered” and “a fully registered person” shall have effect accordingly.
- (2) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above—
- (a) sections 30(1)(a) and (b) and 31(4) of this Act shall have effect as if after the words “section 15 above” there were inserted the words “or section 23 of the Medical Act 1956”;
- (b) section 34(4) of this Act shall have effect as if there were inserted at the end the words “or section 23 of the Medical Act 1956”; and
- (c) section 41(3) of this Act shall apply to a person who was provisionally registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act as it applies to a person provisionally registered under section 21 of this Act.
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The re-enactment in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act of section 1(5) of the 1978 Act shall not oblige the General Council to make a new electoral scheme any earlier than they would otherwise have done so.
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Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of the standing orders of the General Council in force immediately before 27th September 1979 and those orders shall have effect as if made under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to this Act.
##### 23
- (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the registration of any person under section 22 of the 1978 Act by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to that Act and any such registration shall have effect as if made under section 22 of this Act, but in the case of a person so registered—
- (a) subsection (3) of section 22 shall not apply, and
- (b) subsections (5) to (8) of that section shall apply with the omission in subsection (5) of the reference to the permitted period and of the reference to section 24(1) of this Act.
- (2) Where a person who is or has been registered with limited registration for a period by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applies under section 22 of this Act to be so registered for a further period, the following provisions of that section shall not apply, namely, subsection (3) and, in subsection (5), the reference to the permitted period and to section 24(1) of this Act.
- (3) In relation to persons to whom Part I of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied who are registered with limited registration, this Act shall have effect as if in paragraphs 2(4) and (5) and 3(2) of Schedule 1 for the words “so registered” there were substituted the words “temporarily registered or registered with limited registration”.
- (4) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act any person was treated by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act (pending applications under section 26 of the 1956 Act) as having applied to be registered under section 22 of the 1978 Act he shall after the commencement of this Act be treated as having applied to be registered under section 22 of this Act and as having satisfied the Registrar of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of that section.
- (5) Section 29 of this Act shall have effect as if a refusal to direct that a person be registered with limited registration under section 22 of the 1978 Act or section 22 of this Act by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act were a decision falling within subsection (2) of that section.
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- (1) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to a person, after the commencement of this Act—
- (a) he shall be treated as having been registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner; and
- (b) any qualifications of his registered under section 18 of the 1956 Act shall be treated as having been registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications.
- (2) Sections 22 and 23 of the 1956 Act shall, notwithstanding their repeal by the 1978 Act, continue to have effect in relation to persons who were registered under section 23 immediately before the repeal; and a person who was so registered shall, on satisfying the General Council of the matters specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 22(2) of the 1956 Act, be entitled to be registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner and to have registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications any qualifications which he would have been entitled to have had registered under section 18 of the 1956 Act.
- (3) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to any person he shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above as having been registered under section 23 of the 1956 Act immediately before its repeal.
- (4) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act applied to any person, he shall be entitled to be registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner and to have registered under section 26 of this Act as if they were recognised overseas qualifications any qualifications which he would have been entitled to have registered by virtue of that paragraph.
- (5) Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated by virtue of paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the 1978 Act as registered under section 18 of that Act shall after the commencement of this Act be treated as registered under section 19 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner.
## SCHEDULE 7
## Part I — Enactments Repealed
## Part II — Revocation
#### The General Medical Council.
#### Special provisions as to employment in health centres.
##### 15A
- (1) This section shall have effect for enabling a national of an EEA State to be employed for the purpose of enabling him to acquire the clinical experience under appropriate supervision which he needs in order to obtain a primary European qualification.
- (2) A national of an EEA State who, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, shall be entitled to be registered provisionally under this section.
- (3) Any person who—
- (a) is not a national of an EEA State; but
- (b) is, by virtue of a right conferred by article 11 of Regulation [(EEC) No. 1612/68](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/1968/1612), or any other enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and the practice of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of such a State,
shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) as if he were such a national.
- (4) Subsection (3) of section 15 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that.
- (5) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, where he has obtained a medical degree which guarantees that he has fulfilled the requirements of Article 23, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) of Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016).
#### Full registration for eligible specialists and qualified general practitioners
##### 21A
- (1) Where a person satisfies the Registrar—
- (a) that he holds an acceptable overseas qualification other than a primary European qualification;
- (b) that he is an eligible specialist or a qualified general practitioner;
- (c) that he is of good character; and
- (d) that he has the necessary knowledge of English or is an exempt person,
that person shall, if the General Council think fit so to direct, be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.
- (2) In subsection (1)(b) above—
- “eligible specialist” means a person—who—has specialist medical qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a medical specialty in which the United Kingdom awards a CCST, andhas satisfied the competent authority that those qualifications are equivalent to a CCST; orwho—has specialist medical qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a specialty in which the United Kingdom does not award a CCST, orhas knowledge of or experience in any medical specialty derived from academic or research work,and has satisfied the competent authority that these give him a level of knowledge and skill consistent with practice as a consultant in that specialty in the National Health Service; and
- “qualified general practitioner” means a person who has been awarded a Certificate of Equivalent Experience by the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice.
- (3) In this section—
- “CCST” means a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training; and
- “competent authority” means the competent authority for the purpose of article 9(2) and (3) of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995.
## PART IIIA — LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
### Duty of General Council to make regulations
#### Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidation
##### 29A
- (1) Any reference in this Act to a “licence to practise” is a reference to a licence granted under and in accordance with this Part to a medical practitioner by a licensing authority.
- (2) The General Council shall make regulations with respect to licences to practise.
- (3) The provisions made by regulations under subsection (2) above must include provision for or in connection with each of the matters specified in subsection (4) below.
- (4) Those matters are—
- (a) grant of a licence to practise;
- (b) refusal of a licence to practise;
- (c) withdrawal of a licence to practise; and
- (d) revalidation of a medical practitioner of a prescribed description as a condition of his continuing to hold a licence to practise.
- (5) In this Part—
- “licensing authority” means—the Registrar;a Registration Decisions Panel;such other committee of the General Council as may be prescribed; orsuch other officer of the General Council as may be prescribed;
- “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the General Council under subsection (2) above; and
- “revalidation” means evaluation of a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise.
### Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
##### 29B
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for a licence to practise to be granted to a medical practitioner—
- (a) on first registration under this Act as a medical practitioner with either full registration or limited registration;
- (b) on being provisionally registered under this Act; and
- (c) in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
- (2) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for the withdrawal of a licence to practise from a medical practitioner—
- (a) where the practitioner has failed to comply with prescribed requirements of regulations under section 29A above;
- (b) where the licence to practise was fraudulently procured or otherwise incorrectly granted;
- (c) where the medical practitioner requests that the licence to practise be withdrawn; and
- (d) in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
- (3) Regulations under section 29A above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the grant or refusal, or the withdrawal, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
- (4) If a licensing authority decides—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner; or
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner,
the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice in accordance with subsection (5) below.
- (5) The notice required by subsection (4) above is notice of—
- (a) the decision;
- (b) the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
- (c) the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
- (6) Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (4) above.
##### 29C
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above shall provide that where, in the course of revalidation, it appears to a licensing authority that the fitness to practise of the medical practitioner concerned may be impaired, the authority may refer the matter to the Investigation Committee.
- (2) If a matter is referred to the Investigation Committee in accordance with subsection (1) above, the licensing authority shall take no further action until the matter has been considered—
- (a) by the Investigation Committee; or
- (b) if it is referred by that Committee to a Fitness to Practise Panel, by such a Panel, and has been referred back to the authority.
### Restoration of licence
##### 29D
- (1) The General Council shall make regulations under section 29A above for and in connection with authorising or requiring a licensing authority, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner whose licence to practise has been withdrawn.
- (2) Regulations by virtue of subsection (1) above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the restoration, or the refusal of the restoration, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
- (3) If a licensing authority refuses to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner, the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice of—
- (a) the decision;
- (b) the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
- (c) the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
- (4) Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (3) above.
### Supplementary provisions
##### 29E
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above may make provision for a licensing authority—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner;
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner; or
- (c) to refuse to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner,
in any case where the medical practitioner does not provide the licensing authority with such evidence or information as the authority may reasonably request for any of the purposes specified in subsection (2) below.
- (2) The purposes are those of—
- (a) determining whether to grant a licence to practise to the practitioner;
- (b) revalidation of the practitioner;
- (c) determining whether to withdraw a licence to practise from the practitioner; and
- (d) determining whether to restore a licence to practise to the practitioner.
- (3) For the purpose of carrying out any function under sections 29A to 29D above in relation to a medical practitioner, a licensing authority may require—
- (a) any medical practitioner (other than that practitioner); or
- (b) any other person,
who, in the opinion of the authority, is able to supply information, or produce any document, which appears relevant to the discharge of any such function, to supply such information or produce such a document.
- (4) For the purpose of reviewing procedures relating to—
- (a) revalidation; or
- (b) the grant, withdrawal or restoration of a licence to practise,
a licensing authority may require any medical practitioner or other person to supply information or produce any document.
- (5) Nothing in subsection (3) or (4) above shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment.
- (6) But where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates because the information is capable of identifying an individual, a licensing authority may, in exercising its functions under subsection (3) or (4) above, require that the information be put into a form which is not capable of identifying that individual.
- (7) In determining for the purposes of subsection (5) above whether a disclosure is not prohibited, by reason of being a disclosure of personal data which is exempt from the non-disclosure provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 by virtue of section 35(1) of that Act, it shall be assumed that the disclosure is required by or under this section.
- (8) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply in relation to the supplying of information or the production of a document which a person could not be compelled to supply or produce in civil proceedings before the relevant court (within the meaning of section 40(5) below).
- (9) In this section “enactment” includes—
- (a) an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
- (b) any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
##### 29F
- (1) If a licensing authority decides under this Part—
- (a) to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner;
- (b) to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner; or
- (c) to refuse to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner,
the practitioner may appeal to a Registration Appeals Panel.
- (2) Schedule 3B (which provides for the procedures to be followed before a Registration Appeals Panel) shall apply in relation to any appeal under subsection (1) above.
- (3) A decision under this Part to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner shall not be carried into effect—
- (a) until the time for bringing any appeal against the decision has expired without an appeal being brought; or
- (b) where an appeal is brought, until the date on which the appeal is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.
##### 29G
- (1) The General Council may publish guidance for medical practitioners relating to the information and documents to be provided, and any other requirements to be satisfied—
- (a) for the purposes of revalidation; or
- (b) for securing restoration of a licence to practise.
- (2) In preparing any such guidance in relation to revalidation, the General Council shall take into account such similarities as there may be between any information or documents to be provided, or any other requirements to be satisfied—
- (a) for the purposes of revalidation; and
- (b) for the purposes of any scheme for the appraisal of medical practitioners which applies within the health service, the Scottish health service or the Northern Ireland health service.
- (3) In subsection (2) above—
- “the health service” means the health service established in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 1946;
- “the Northern Ireland health service” means any service provided in pursuance of Article 4(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and
- “the Scottish health service” means the health service established in pursuance of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947.
##### 29H
- (1) This section applies to any notice required to be given to a medical practitioner under—
- (a) section 29B or 29D above; or
- (b) paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 3B to this Act.
- (2) Any such notice may be so given—
- (a) by delivering it to him;
- (b) by leaving it at his proper address;
- (c) by sending it by a registered post service; or
- (d) by sending it by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the notice by post to be recorded.
- (3) For the purposes of this section and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this section, a medical practitioner’s proper address shall be—
- (a) his address in the register; or
- (b) if the conditions in subsection (4) below are satisfied, his last known address.
- (4) The conditions are that—
- (a) the practitioner’s last known address differs from his address in the register; and
- (b) it appears to the body or person giving the notice that a letter sent to the practitioner at his last known address is more likely to reach him.
- (5) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) the giving of a notice effected by sending it by post shall be deemed to have been effected at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; and
- (b) so much of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 as relates to the time when service is deemed to have been effected shall not apply to a notice sent by post.
##### 29J
- (1) Regulations under section 29A above may provide for the charging of a fee to a medical practitioner in respect of the cost of—
- (a) his revalidation; or
- (b) the consideration of any application made by him for restoration of a licence to practise.
- (2) Any sum payable by a medical practitioner under subsection (1) above may be recovered by the General Council and, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt.
- (3) Regulations under section 29A above may make different provision for different purposes, cases or circumstances.
- (4) Regulations under section 29A above shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
- (5) Before making regulations under section 29A above, the General Council shall consult such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners, or medical practitioners of any description, as appear to the Council requisite to be consulted.
##### 31A
- (1) The General Council may make regulations—
- (a) providing for the erasure by the Registrar from the register of medical practitioners of the name of any person who applies, in the manner prescribed by the regulations, for his name to be erased from the register;
- (b) providing for the refusal by the Registrar of applications under paragraph (a) above in such cases and circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;
- (c) making provision (including provision requiring the approval of the General Council or of one of the statutory committees) for the restoration to the register of the name of any person whose name has been erased in accordance with regulations made in pursuance of paragraph (a) above.
- (1A) Regulations under subsection (1)(c) above shall provide that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, a person’s name is not to be restored to the register unless—
- (a) the General Council or a committee of the General Council so direct after making such investigation into his fitness to practise as they think fit;
- (b) the practitioner’s licence to practise is restored in accordance with the regulations; or
- (c) both (a) and (b) are met.
- (1B) In subsection (1A) above, “prescribed” means prescribed under regulations made under subsection (1) above.
- (2) Regulations under this section shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
##### 35A
- (1) For the purpose of assisting the General Council or any of their committees in carrying out functions in respect of professional conduct, professional performance or fitness to practise, a person authorised by the Council may require—
- (a) a practitioner (except the practitioner in respect of whose professional conduct, professional performance or fitness to practise the information or document is sought); or
- (b) any other person,
who in his opinion is able to supply information or produce any document which appears relevant to the discharge of any such function, to supply such information or produce such a document.
- (2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant date, the General Council shall require, from a practitioner in respect of whom a decision mentioned in subsection (3) has been made, details of any person—
- (a) by whom the practitioner is employed to provide services in, or in relation to, any area of medicine; or
- (b) with whom he has an arrangement to do so.
- (3) For the purposes of this section and section 35B the relevant date is—
- (a) the date of a decision to refer a case in respect of a practitioner to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee in accordance with rules made under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4 to this Act;
- (b) where rules have been made under paragraph 1(1) or 5A(1) of Schedule 4 to this Act which provide for any of the following decisions—
- (i) to invite a practitioner to agree to an assessment of his professional performance;
- (ii) to invite a practitioner to agree to an assessment to determine whether his fitness to practise is seriously impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition;
- (iii) to notify a practitioner that medical reports received by the General Council appear to provide evidence that his fitness to practise may be seriously impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition,
the date of the decision in question.
- (4) Nothing in this section shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment.
- (5) But where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates because the information is capable of identifying an individual, the person referred to in subsection (1) may, in exercising his functions under that subsection, require that the information be put into a form which is not capable of identifying that individual.
- (6) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to the supplying of information or the production of any document which a person could not be compelled to supply or produce in civil proceedings before the court (within the meaning of section 38).
- (7) For the purposes of subsection (4), “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament.
- (8) For the purposes of this section and section 35B, a “practitioner” means a fully registered person, a provisionally registered person or a person registered with limited registration.
##### 35B
- (1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant date, the General Council shall notify the following of the making of a decision mentioned in section 35A(3) in respect of a practitioner—
- (a) the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales; and
- (b) any person in the United Kingdom of whom the General Council are aware—
- (i) by whom the practitioner concerned is employed to provide services in, or in relation to, any area of medicine, or
- (ii) with whom he has an arrangement to do so.
- (2) The General Council may disclose to any person any information relating to a practitioner’s professional conduct, professional performance or fitness to practise which they consider it to be in the public interest to disclose.
##### 36A
- (1) Where the standard of professional performance of a fully registered person is found by the Committee on Professional Performance to have been seriously deficient, the Committee shall direct—
- (a) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with the requirements so specified.
- (2) Where a fully registered person, whose registration is subject to conditions imposed under any provision of this section by the Committee on Professional Performance or under section 41A by the Interim Orders Committee or the Committee on Professional Performance, is judged by the Committee on Professional Performance to have failed to comply with any of the requirements imposed on him as conditions of his registration the Committee may, if they think fit, direct that his registration in the register shall be suspended during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction.
- (3) Where the Committee on Professional Performance have given a direction for suspension under any provision of this section the Committee may direct—
- (a) that the current period of suspension shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction; or
- (b) that the registration of the person whose registration is suspended shall, as from the expiry (or termination under subsection (5)(b) below) of the current period of suspension, be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests;
but, subject to subsection (4) below, the Committee shall not extend any period of suspension under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (4) The Committee on Professional Performance may make a direction extending a period of suspension indefinitely where—
- (a) the period of suspension will, on the date on which the direction takes effect, have lasted for at least two years, and
- (b) except in a health case, direct that the person’s name shall be erased from the register; or
- (c) direct that the person’s registration shall, as from the expiry of the current period of suspension, be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Panel think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests,
but, subject to subsection (6) below, the Panel shall not extend any period of suspension under this section for more than twelve months at a time.
- (6) In a health case, a Fitness to Practise Panel may give a direction in relation to a person whose registration has been suspended under this section extending his period of suspension indefinitely where—
- (a) the period of suspension will, on the date on which the direction takes effect, have lasted for at least two years; and
- (b) the direction is made not more than two months before the date on which the period of suspension would otherwise expire.
- (5) Where the Committee on Professional Performance have made a direction for indefinite suspension, they—
- (a) shall review the suspension when requested to do so by the person whose registration is suspended (but not until two years after the date on which the direction takes effect and not more than once in any period of two years), and
- (b) having carried out such a review, may direct that the suspension be terminated.
- (6) Where the Committee on Professional Performance have given a direction for conditional registration, the Committee may—
- (a) direct that the current period of conditional registration shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction;
- (b) revoke the direction or revoke or vary any of the conditions imposed by the direction; or
- (c) direct that the registration shall be suspended during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction;
but the Committee shall not extend any period of conditional registration under this section for more than three years at a time.
- (7) Where the Committee on Professional Performance give a direction under this section for suspension or for conditional registration, or vary the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration, the Registrar shall forthwith serve on the person to whom the direction applies a notification of the direction or of the variation and of his right to appeal against the decision in accordance with section 40 below.
- (8) In subsection (7) above the references to a direction for suspension and a direction for conditional registration include references to a direction extending a period of suspension or a period of conditional registration.
- (9) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of this section he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it.
- (10) This section applies to a provisionally registered person and to a person registered with limited registration whether or not the circumstances are such that he falls within the meaning in this Act of the expression “fully registered person”.
##### 41A
- (1) Where the Interim Orders Committee are satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of a fully registered person, for the registration of that person to be suspended or to be made subject to conditions, the Committee may make an order—
- (a) that his registration in the register shall be suspended (that is to say, shall not have effect) during such period not exceeding eighteen months as may be specified in the order (an “interim suspension order”); or
- (b) that his registration shall be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding eighteen months as may be specified in the order, with such requirements so specified as the Committee think fit to impose (an “order for interim conditional registration”).
- (2) Subject to subsection (9), where the Interim Orders Commitee have made an order under subsection (1), the Committee—
- (a) shall review it within the period of six months beginning on the date on which the order was made, and shall thereafter, for so long as the order continues in force, further review it—
- (i) before the end of the period of six months beginning on the date of the decision of the immediately preceding review; or
- (ii) if after the end of the period of three months beginning on the date of the decision of the immediately preceding review the person concerned requests an earlier review, as soon as practicable after that request; and
- (b) may review it where new evidence relevant to the order has become available after the making of the order.
- (3) Where an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional registration has been made in relation to any person under any provision of this section (including this subsection), the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Health Committee or the Committee on Professional Performance may, subject to subsection (4)—
- (a) revoke the order or revoke any condition imposed by the order;
- (b) vary any condition imposed by the order;
- (c) if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the proection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of the person concerned, replace an order for interim conditional registration with an interim suspension order having effect for the remainder of the term of the former;
- (d) if satisfied that the public interest, including the protection of members of the public, or the interests of the person concerned would be adequately served by an order for interim conditional registration, replace an interim suspension order with an order for interim conditional registration having effect for the remainder of the term of the former.
- (4) No order under subsection (1) or (3)(b) to (d) shall be made by any Committee in respect of any person unless he has been afforded an opportunity of appearing before the Committee and being heard on the question whether such an order should be made in his case; and for the purposes of this subsection a person may be represented before the Committee by counsel or a solicitor, or (if rules made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act so provide and he so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules.
- (5) If an order is made under any provision of this section the Registrar shall without delay serve a notification of the order on the person to whose registration it relates.
- (6) The General Council may apply to the court for an order made by the Interim Orders Committee under subsection (1) or (3) to be extended, and may apply again for further extensions.
- (7) On such an application the court may extend (or further extend) for up to 12 months the period for which the order has effect.
- (8) In this section, references to an interim suspension order and an order for interim conditional registration include such an order as so extended.
- (9) For the purposes of subsection (2) the first review after the court’s extension of an order made by the Interim Orders Committee or after a replacement order made by the Interim Orders Committee under subsection (3)(c) or (d) shall take place—
- (a) if the order (or the order which has been replaced) had not been reviewed at all under subsection (2), within the period of six months beginning on the date on which the court ordered the extension or on which a replacement order under subsection (3)(c) or (d) was made; and
- (b) if it had been reviewed under the provision, within the period of three months beginning on that date.
- (10) Where an order has effect under any provision of this section, the court may—
- (a) in the case of an interim suspension order, terminate the suspension;
- (b) in the case of an order for interim conditional registration, revoke or vary any condition imposed by the order;
- (c) in either case, substitute for the period specified in the order (or in the order extending it) some other period which could have been specified in the order when it was made (or in the order extending it),
and the decision of the court under any application under this subsection shall be final.
- (11) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of an interim suspension order under this section he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in the register.
- (12) This section applies to a provisionally registered person and to a person registered with limited registration whether or not the circumstances are such that he falls within the meaning in this Act of the expression “fully registered person”.
- (13) In this section “the court” has the same meaning as in section 38.
##### 41B
- (1) This section applies where the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee have made an order under section 41A(3)(c) or (d).
- (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any Committee referred to in subsection (1) may—
- (a) do any of the things referred to in section 41A(3)(a) to (d) in relation to the order; and
- (b) before the expiry of the order, extend it or further extend it.
- (3) Subsection (2)(b) applies equally to a replacement order made by one of those Committees by virtue of section 41A(3)(c) or (d) as applied by subsection (2)(a).
- (4) An order may not be extended under this section for more than three months at a time.
- (5) Subsections (5) and (10) to (13) of section 41A apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.
- (6) For the purposes of rules made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 for the Committees referred to in subsection (1), “proceedings” in that paragraph includes proceedings under this section.
### Suspension or removal from office of members
##### 4A
- (1) The General Council shall by rules make provision for the suspension or removal from office of a member by the General Council in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules.
- (2) Rules under sub-paragraph (1) above shall provide for an elected member or an appointed member to be removed from office if he ceases—
- (a) to be registered; or
- (b) to hold a licence to practise.
- (3) Standing orders of the General Council shall make provision for the procedure by which a member may be suspended or removed from office.
- (4) No rules under sub-paragraph (1) above shall come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.
### Registration of members’ private interests
##### 4B
- (1) The General Council must establish and maintain a system for the declaration and registration of private interests of members of the Council.
- (2) The General Council must publish entries recorded in the register of members’ private interests.
##### 9A
In exercising their functions, the General Council shall co-operate wherever appropriate and reasonably practicable with public authorities or other bodies or persons concerned with—
- (a) the employment (whether or not under a contract of service) of registered medical practitioners;
- (b) the education of medical practitioners, prospective medical practitioners or other health care professionals;
- (c) the regulation of other health or social care professions; or
- (d) the regulation of health services.
##### 9B
- (1) For the purposes of ensuring that registered medical practitioners and the public are informed about the General Council and the exercise by them of their functions, the Council shall publish or provide in such manner as they think fit information about the Council and the exercise of their functions.
- (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above authorises or requires the publication or provision of information if the publication or provision of that information is—
- (a) prohibited by any enactment; or
- (b) would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.
- (3) In sub-paragraph (2) above “enactment” includes—
- (a) an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
- (b) any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
### The Interim Orders Committee
##### 19A
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Interim Orders Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Assessment Referral Committee
##### 21A
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Assessment Referral Committee shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
### The Committee on Professional Performance
##### 21B
Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members, the Committee on Professional Performance shall be constituted as provided by the General Council by rules under this paragraph.
##### 23A
Rules under paragraph 19A above shall secure that a person who sits as a member of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Committee on Professional Performance or the Health Committee shall not sit as a member of the Interim Orders Committee in any subsequent proceedings on that case.
### Austria
“Doktor der gesamten Heilkunde”(diploma of doctor of medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and “Diplom über die spezifische Ausbildung in der Allgemeinmedizin”(diploma of specialist training in general medicine), or “Facharztdiplom”(diploma as a specialist doctor) issued by the competent authority.
“ Diplôme légal de docteur en médecine, chirurgie et accochements/Wettelijk diploma van doctor in de genees-, heel-en verloskunde” (diploma of doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics required by law) awarded by the university faculties of medicine, the Central Examining Board or the State University Education Examining Board.
“ Bevis for bestaet laegevidenskabelig embedseksamen” (diploma of doctor of medicine required by law) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and “dokumentation for gennemfort praktisk uddannelse” (certificate of practical training issued by the competent authorities of the health service).
### Finland
“Todistus lääketieteen lisensiaatin tutkinnosta/bevis om medicine licentiat examen”(certificate of the degree of licentiate in medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the competent public health authorities.
“Πτυχίο Ιατρικής”(degree in medicine) awarded by—
### Iceland
“Próf í læknisfrædi fra læknadeild Háskóla Íslands”(diploma from the medical faculty of the University of Iceland) and a certificate of practical training in a hospital of at least 12 months issued by the chief medical doctor.
A primary qualification granted in the Republic of Ireland after passing a qualifying examination held by a competent examining body and a certificate of experience granted by that body which give entitlement to registration as a fully registered medical practitioner.
“Diploma di laurea in medicina e chirurgia”(diploma of graduate in medicine and surgery) awarded by a university, accompanied by a “diploma di abilitazione all’ esercizio della medicina e chirurgia”(diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission.
### Liechtenstein
The diplomas, certificates and other titles awarded in another State to which Directive [93/16/EEC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1993/0016) applies and listed in article 3 of that directive, accompanied by a certificate on the completed practical training issued by the competent authorities.
“Universitair getuigschrift van arts”(university certificate of doctor).
### Norway
“Bevis for bestått medisinsk embetseksamen”(diploma of the degree cand. med.) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the competent public health authorities.
### Portugal
“Carta de curso de licenciatura em medicina” (diploma confirming the completion of medical studies) awarded by a University and the “Diploma comprovativo de conclusaÃo do internato geral” (diploma confirming the completion of general internship) awarded by the competent authorities of the Ministry of Health.
### Spain
“TıÁtulo de Licenciado en Medicina y CirugıÁa” (University degree in medicine and surgery) awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science or the rector of a university.
### Sweden
“Läkarexamen”(university diploma in medicine) awarded by a university faculty of medicine and a certificate of practical training issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
### Professional performance: assessments
##### 5A
- (1) The General Council may make rules—
- (a) authorising the giving of directions by any of—
- (i) the Investigation Committee,
- (ii) a Fitness to Practise Panel,
- (iii) such other persons as may be specified in the rules,
requiring an assessment of the standard of a registered person’s professional performance to be carried out;
- (b) specifying circumstances in which such an assessment may be carried out otherwise than in accordance with a direction.
- (2) An assessment carried out by virtue of this paragraph shall be carried out by an Assessment Panel in accordance with rules under this paragraph; and the rules shall, in particular, provide—
- (a) for the constitution and proceedings of Assessment Panels;
- (b) for the procedures to be followed by such panels in carrying out assessments;
- (c) for the procedures to be followed following the making of a report by an Assessment Panel.
An assessment carried out by virtue of this paragraph shall be carried out by an Assessment Team in accordance with rules under this paragraph; and the rules shall, in particular, provide—
- (a) for the constitution and proceedings of Assessment Teams;
- (b) for the procedures to be followed by such Teams in carrying out assessments; and
- (c) for the procedures to be followed following the making of a report by an Assessment Team.
- (3) Rules under this paragraph may authorise a Fitness to Practise Panel to make directions of a kind which may be made under section 35D of this Act, for the suspension of, or the attachment of conditions to a person’s registration, where the person fails to comply with reasonable requirements imposed by an Assessment Team for the purposes of carrying out an assessment of the standard of his professional performance in accordance with a direction made under rules under this paragraph.
- (3A) Rules under this paragraph may provide for the Investigation Committee to give a direction to the Registrar that a case be referred, or for the Registrar to refer a case, to a Fitness to Practise Panel for the purposes of that Panel making a direction under paragraph (3) above.
- (4) An appeal shall lie to the court (within the meaning of section 38 of this Act) from any direction of the Committee on Professional Performance given by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) above, and on an appeal under this sub-paragraph the court may–
- (a) quash the direction,
- (b) substitute for the direction any other direction which the Committee could have made, or
- (c) remit a case to the Committee to be disposed of in accordance with the court’s directions;
and the decision of the court on any appeal under this sub-paragraph shall be final.
- (5) An Assessment Panel, for the purposes of carrying out an assessment of the standard of a person’s professional performance—
- (a) may require the production of, inspect and take copies of any records (in whatever form they are held) arising out of or relating to the person’s professional practice;
- (b) where such records are kept otherwise than in legible form, may require a copy of them to be given to the panel in legible form.
- (6) A person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs an Assessment Panel in the execution of their powers under sub-paragraph (5) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
- (7) Nothing in this paragraph shall require or permit any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any other enactment; but where information is held in a form in which the prohibition operates by reason of the fact that the information is capable of identifying an individual, an Assessment Panel may, in exercising their powers under sub-paragraph (5) above, require that the information be put into a form in which it is not capable of identifying an individual.
- (8) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
- (9) Sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) of paragraph 1 above shall apply in relation to rules made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to rules under that paragraph.
##### 5B
- (1) A justice of the peace (including, in Scotland, a sheriff) may issue a warrant under this paragraph if satisfied by the evidence on oath of at least two members of an Assessment Panel that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the panel will require a warrant for the purposes of carrying out an assessment required by virtue of rules made under paragraph 5A above.
- (2) A warrant under this paragraph shall authorise one or more members of the Assessment Panel (who must, if so required, produce documents identifying themselves) together with any constables—
- (a) to enter any building specified in the warrant, but not a dwelling-house, using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose, and
- (b) to search the premises for the purposes of the exercise of the powers under paragraph 5A(5) above.
- (3) A warrant under this paragraph shall continue in force until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which it is issued.
- (4) A person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any rights conferred by a warrant issued under this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
##### 14
In this Schedule “party”, in relation to proceedings before the Interim Orders Committee, means any person to whose registration the proceedings relate, or the Solicitor to the General Council.
## Editorial notes
[^c13413201]: Act: power to modify conferred (15.3.2000) by [1999 c. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8), [s. 60(1)(2)(a)(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/section/60/1/2/a/4), [Sch. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/schedule/3); [S.I. 2000/779](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/779), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/779/article/2/1)
[^c17715051]: S. 1(1A) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/b), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13413241]: Words in s. 1(3) substituted (1.1.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/2/a); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/3/b)
[^c13413251]: Word in s. 1(3) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/3/a)
[^c13413261]: Words in s. 1(3) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 3(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/3/b)
[^c13413271]: Words in s. 1(3) inserted (1.1.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 2(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/2/b/c); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/3/b)
[^c13413291]: Words in s. 2(2)(d) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/1)
[^c13413311]: The reference for Regulation (EEC) 1612/68 is OJ No L257, 19.10.68, p.1.
[^c13413371]: S. 4(2)(aa) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1841](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1841), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1841/article/2)
[^c13413381]: Words in s. 4(3)(b) inserted (30.3.1992) by [Medical Qualifications (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 38, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38), [s. 1(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38/section/1/a); [S.I. 1992/804](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804/article/2) Words in s. 4(3)(c) inserted (30.3.1992) by [Medical Qualifications (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 38, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38), [s. 1(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/38/section/1/b); [S.I. 1992/804](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/804/article/2)
[^c13413411]: S. 5(2A)(2B) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/3/2)
[^c17715081]: Words in s. 10(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/1) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13413451]: S. 10(2)(a)-(c) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/2); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413591]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only
[^c13413601]: S. 11(3)(a) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413611]: S. 11(3)(b) and preceding word inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413621]: Words in s. 11(4) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/2); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413631]: Definition in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/4/a); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413661]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13413671]: S. 11(4): s. 11(4)(a)(b) and the preceding dash inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/4/b); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413681]: S. 11(4A) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/5); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413691]: S. 11(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/3)
[^c13413701]: Words in s. 11(5) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/6); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413711]: S. 11(7) inserted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 35(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/35/7); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/a), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413891]: [1977 c. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49).
[^c13413901]: [1978 c. 29](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29).
[^c13413911]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13413921]: S. 12(4) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/4)
[^c13413931]: Words in s. 13(1)(2)(3)(a) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/3); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413961]: S. 14(3) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/5)
[^c13413971]: Words in s. 15(3) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/4); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c13413981]: S. 15A inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/3)
[^c13413991]: OJ No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 1.
[^c13414001]: OJ No. L165, 7.7.93, p. 1.
[^c13414021]: Words in s. 16(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/1)
[^c17715181]: Words in s. 16(1)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/2) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414031]: Words in s. 16(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/6)
[^c13414061]: S. 17 substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/4/1)
[^c13414071]: Words in s. 18(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(1)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/1/a/b)
[^c13414091]: Words in s. 18(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(2)(a)-(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/2/a)
[^c13414141]: Words in s. 18(3) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(3)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/3/a/b)
[^c13414161]: Words in s. 18(4)(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/4)
[^c13414181]: S. 18(6) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 5(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/5/5)
[^c17823211]: S. 19 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)((d), {6(2)} (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c17715231]: S. 20 omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715251]: Words in s. 21(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715331]: Words in s. 21(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715351]: S. 21(2A) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/4/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414241]: Words in s. 21(3) substituted (1.4.1998) by [1997 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46), [s. 41(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/10), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 61(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/61/5); [S.I. 1998/631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/article/2/b), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/631/schedule)
[^c17715391]: S. 22(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414251]: Words in s. 22(1)(c) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 6(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/6/5)
[^c17715411]: Words in s. 22(1)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715431]: S. 22(1A) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/6/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17715491]: Words in s. 24(3)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/7) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727591]: Words in s. 25 omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/8) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727611]: Words in s. 26(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727641]: Words in s. 26(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727681]: S. 26(1)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/iii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727701]: Words in s. 26(1)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(a)(iv)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/a/iv) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727721]: Words in s. 26(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(9)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/9/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727761]: Words in s. 27(1)(a) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17727801]: Word in s. 27(1)(b) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17823491]: S. 27(1)(d) and preceding word inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(10)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/10/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c18727641]: S. 28(2)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/a)
[^c18727651]: Words in s. 29(2)(c) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/i)
[^c18727661]: Words in s. 29(3)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(aa)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/aa)
[^c18727671]: S. 29(3)(b) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(bb)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/bb)
[^c18727681]: Words in s. 29(3)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(k)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/k), [16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/16/2), [Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii)(cc)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2/b/ii/cc)
[^c19101271]: S. 21A inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/d), [6(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/6/5) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17845121]: Word in s. 30(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(a)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414301]: Words in s. 30(1)(a)(b) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/2)
[^c17845141]: Words in s. 30(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(a)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414321]: Words in s. 30(1)(d) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/7)
[^c17845181]: Words in s. 30(2)(3) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/e), [7(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13414331]: Words in s. 31(4) inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/3)
[^c13414341]: S. 31A inserted (18.5.2000) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/2); [S.I. 2000/1344](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344/article/2)
[^c13414361]: S. 32(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (18.5.2000) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [ss. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/3); [S.I. 2000/1344](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1344/article/2)
[^c13414381]: Words in s. 32(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/8)
[^c13414401]: Words in s. 35 inserted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/4); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414411]: Ss. 35A, 35B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/4)
[^c13414421]: Ss. 35A, 35B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/4)
[^c13414451]: Words in s. 36(1)(a) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 5(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/5/a)
[^c13414461]: Words in s. 36(2) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 5(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/5/b)
[^c13414471]: Words in s. 36(2) inserted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/5); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414501]: S. 36(A) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/1); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13414511]: S. 36(A) extended (1.7.1997) by [S.I. 1997/1529](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1529), [Sch. Pt. VI](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1529/schedule/part/VI) rule. 29(1)
[^c13414521]: Words in s. 36A(2) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/6)
[^c13414591]: Words in s. 37(2) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/7)
[^c13414601]: Words in s. 37(2) inserted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 6(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/6/2/b); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414611]: Words in s. 37(3)(b) inserted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 6(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/6/3/a); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414621]: Words in s. 37 substituted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 6(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/6/3/b); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414641]: S. 37(3A)(3B) inserted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 6(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/6/4); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13414651]: Words in s. 38(1) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 7(2)(a)-(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/7/2/a); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13414681]: Words in s. 38(2) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 7(3)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/7/3/a/b); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13414701]: Words in s. 38(3) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 7(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/7/4); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13414831]: S. 40(1)(aa) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 8(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/8/2); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13414841]: S. 40(1)(d)(e) and word “or” immediately preceding added (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 8(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/8/a)
[^c13415001]: Words in s. 40(11) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 8(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/8/8); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13415081]: Words in s. 41(1) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 9(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/9/a)
[^c13415091]: Words in s. 41(2)(a) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 9(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/9/b)
[^c13415101]: Words in s. 41(2)(b) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 9(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/9/c)
[^c13415111]: Words in s. 41(3) inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/5)
[^c13415131]: S. 41(5)-(8) added (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 9(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/9/d)
[^c13415151]: Ss. 41A, 41B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/10)
[^c13415161]: Ss. 41A, 41B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/10)
[^c13415231]: S. 42(3) substituted (3.8.2000) for s. 42(3)-(8) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/11)
[^c13415251]: Words in s. 43 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/12)
[^c13415261]: Words in s. 43 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s.4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/9); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13415271]: Words in s. 44(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 9(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/9/a)
[^c13415281]: Words in s. 44(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 9(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/9/b)
[^c13415291]: Words in s. 44(7) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 9(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/9/c)
[^c13415341]: Words in s. 45(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 10(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/10/a)
[^c13415351]: Words in s. 45(1)(4) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 10(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/10/b)
[^c13415371]: Words in s. 45(3)(a) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 13(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/13/a)
[^c13415381]: Words in s. 45(3)(b) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 13(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/13/b)
[^c13415401]: S. 45(5)-(8) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 13(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/13/c)
[^c13415441]: Words in s. 46(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/11)
[^c13415491]: Words in s. 47(3) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 10(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/10/a); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13415501]: Words in s. 47(3) substituted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 10(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/10/b); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13415511]: Words in s. 47(3) substituted (1.5.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para 10(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/10/c); [S.I. 1996/271](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/271/schedule)
[^c13415521]: Words in s. 47(3) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/14)
[^c13415571]: Words in s. 49(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by [1993 c. 50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50), [s. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/section/1/1), [Sch. 1 Pt. XIV](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/schedule/1/part/XIV).
[^c13415581]: Words in s. 49(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/12)
[^c13415591]: Words in s. 53(2)(c) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/11); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13415701]: S. 55 renumbered as s. 55(1) (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/1)
[^c13415711]: Definition in s. 55(1) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/a/b)
[^c18762251]: S. 55(1): definition of "exempt person" inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415731]: Definition in s. 55(1) repealed (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(c)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/c/f)
[^c19105601]: In s. 55(1) in definition of "fully registered person" words substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415741]: Words in s. 55(1) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(d)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/d/e)
[^c13415751]: In s. 55(1) in para. (a) of definition of "fully registered person" words inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/6/a)
[^c18762331]: S. 55(1): definition of "professional performance" inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415771]: In s. 55(1) in definition of "provisionally registered" word inserted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/6/b)
[^c19105581]: In s. 55(1) definition of "recognised overseas qualification" omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c18762351]: S. 55(1): definition of "revalidation" inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415781]: Definition in s. 55(1) repealed (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(c)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/2/c/f)
[^c13415791]: S. 55(2) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 13(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/13/3)
[^c13415821]: [1978 c. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30).
[^c13415831]: [1956 c. 76](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/76).
[^c13415841]: [1978 c. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/12).
[^c13415851]: [S.I. 1977/827](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/827).
[^c17714891]: Pt. IIIA inserted (17.12.2002 for s. 29G(1)(a)(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/g), [10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/10) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358151]: Sch. 1 para. 2(1A) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358111]: Sch. 1 para. 2(4) substituted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c23358191]: Sch. 1 para. 2(5)(5A) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 2(5) (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(3)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/3/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17967531]: Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(2) substituted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/4) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17967551]: Sch. 1 para. 4(3) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/5) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17968901]: Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/7) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c19107071]: Sch. 1 paras. 4A, 4B and cross-headings inserted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/6) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970171]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 11 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/3) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969241]: Italic heading immediately preceding Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969141]: Sch. 1 paras. 9A, 9B inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/a) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969091]: Sch. 1 para. 13 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/c), [4(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/8) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969261]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(2) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/i) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969301]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(3) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/ii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969321]: Sch. 1 para. 16(4) inserted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(b)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/b/iii) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17969341]: Sch. 1 para. 17 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13415881]: Sch. 1 para. 18(3) substituted by [S.I. 1991/1997](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997), [reg. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/regulation/2), [Sch. para.50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/schedule/paragraph/50) (with [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1997/regulation/4))
[^c18761981]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415901]: Sch. 1 para. 19A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/a)
[^c18762021]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415891]: Sch. 1 para. 19A and cross-heading inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/a)
[^c18762031]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c18762041]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415921]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c18762051]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415941]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c13415931]: Sch. 1 Pt. III paras. 21A, 21B inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/12); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c18762061]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415951]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 21B inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c18762071]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415961]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 22 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/b)
[^c18762081]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13415981]: Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 23 substituted (1.1.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/13); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/3/b)
[^c13415991]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 23 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/c)
[^c18762091]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13416001]: Sch. 1 para. 23A inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/d)
[^c18762101]: Sch. 1 Pt. III: paras. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)(3)) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3), (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
[^c13416021]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 24 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/e)
[^c13416031]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 24 inserted (1.9.1996) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/14); [S.I. 1996/1631](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631), [art. 2(1)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1631/article/2/1/b)
[^c13416041]: Sch. 1 para. 25(2) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 15(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/15/f)
[^c17969701]: Sch. 1 para. 26(2)(2A) substituted (17.12.2002) for Sch. 1 para. 26(2) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/d) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970141]: Sch. 1 para. 29 substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(7)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/7/e) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416181]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/a)
[^c17970211]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f/h), [9(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/a), [15(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/1) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416191]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/b)
[^c17970231]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(b) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/b) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c17970251]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416211]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(2)(b) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/c)
[^c13416231]: Sch. 3 para. 3(3) inserted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/1)
[^c13416251]: Sch. 3 para. 5(1) replaced by paras. 5(1)(1A) (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/2)
[^c13416261]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by [S.I. 2000/3041](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041), [reg. 4(7)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3041/regulation/4/7/c)
[^c17970471]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(2) substituted (17.12.2002) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/f), [9(5)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/5/c) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^c13416281]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 7(2) substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/3)
[^c13416271]: Words in the heading to Sch. 3 para. 7 substituted (10.7.1996) by [S.I. 1996/1591](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591), [reg. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/regulation/7), [Sch. 2 para. 14(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1591/schedule/2/paragraph/14/3)
[^c13416431]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)-(3) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 16(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/16/d)
[^c13416441]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 17](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/17); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416451]: [1981 c. 53](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/53).
[^c13416461]: [1978 c. 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23).
[^c13416531]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(a) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 16(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/16/e)
[^c13416541]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 18](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/18); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416561]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 19(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/19/a); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416571]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(3) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 19(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/19/b); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416601]: Sch. 4 paras. 5A, 5B inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 20](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/20); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416661]: Sch. 4 para. 7; functions of the Lord Advocate transferred to the Secretary of State (19.5.1999) and the property, rights and liabilities of the Lord Advocate in connection with the said functions transferred to the Secretary of State for Scotland by [S.I. 1999/678](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/678), [arts. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/678/article/2/1), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/678/article/3), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/678/schedule) Sch. 4 para. 7; certain functions conferred on a Minister of the Crown will be exercisable (1.7.1999) by the Scottish Ministers instead of by the Minister of the Crown by [S.I. 1999/1750](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1750), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1750/article/1/1), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1750/article/2), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1750/schedule/1).
[^c13416671]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 7(1) inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 16(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/16/f)
[^c13416681]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 7(1)(4) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 21(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/21/a/b); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416691]: Sch. 4 para. 7(1)(a)(b)(c) substituted by [Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41), [s. 71(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41/section/71/2), [Sch. 10 para. 53](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41/schedule/10/paragraph/53)
[^c13416781]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 8(1) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 22(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/22/a); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416791]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(1) substituted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 16(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/16/h)
[^c13416801]: [1978 c. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30).
[^c18024841]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/23); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416821]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(1) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 24(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/24/a); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416831]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(1) substituted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 24(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/24/b/c); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416851]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 11(1)(3) inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 25(a)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/25/a/b/i); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416871]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 11(3) substituted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 25(b)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/25/b/ii); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416881]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 12 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 26](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/26); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416891]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 13 inserted (1.7.1997) by [1995 c. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51), [s. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/section/4), [Sch. para. 27](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/51/schedule/paragraph/27); [S.I. 1997/1315](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1315/article/2)
[^c13416901]: Sch. 4 para. 14 inserted (3.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1803](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803), [art. 16(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/16/i)
[^c13416911]: Sch. 5 paras.1, 19 repealed by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/2/3), [Sch. 6 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/6/part/I)
[^c13416921]: [1959 c. 72](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1959/72).
[^c13416941]: Sch. 5 para. 4 repealed by [S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595), [art. 138](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/138), [Sch. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/schedule/7)
[^c13416931]: [1960 c. 61](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1960/61).
[^c13416951]: [1968 c. 67](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/67).
[^c13416961]: [1969 c. 6 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/6).
[^c13416971]: [1970 c. 11 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/11).
[^c13416981]: [1971 c. 32 (N.I.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1971/32).
[^c13416991]: [1971 c. 38](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38).
[^c13417001]: [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265).
[^c13417011]: [1972 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/41).
[^c13417021]: [1972 c. 66](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/66).
[^c13417031]: [S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041).
[^c13417041]: [S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1213).
[^c13417051]: [S.I. 1976/1214 (N.I. 23)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1214).
[^c13417061]: [1977 c. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49).
[^c13417071]: [1978 c. 29](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29).
[^c13417091]: Sch. 5 paras.1, 19 repealed by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/2/3), [Sch. 6 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/6/part/I)
[^c13417081]: [1978 c. 30](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30).
[^c13417101]: Words substituted by [Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24), [s. 54(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/54/1), [Sch. 5 para. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/schedule/5/paragraph/15)
[^c13417111]: [S.I. 1979/289](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/289).
[^c13417131]: [1969 c. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/40).
[^c13417141]: [1969 c. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/40).
[^c13417151]: [S.I. 1952/2050](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1952/2050).
[^key-061735d5e1947c4bd965c24c9442ea0c]: S. 40(1A) inserted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/b), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-15a1d8139ac5caaa5176fc14c1357c74]: S. 40(1)(c) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/a), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-ee952359a333e067826ea2baaa20fa9b]: S. 40(7)(8) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/e), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-41f594d046be2ed173f0dc06e72f1e28]: S. 40(9)(10) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/d), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-934c89f10c371d566fb0481de8c7c7be]: Words in s. 40(11) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [s. 42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 8 para. 14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/8/paragraph/14); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/b) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-865ae6bef898a8840a6989c10a200457]: S. 40(3)-(3B) substituted for s. 40(3) (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/c), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-b08f0997a654c4ccec7efae898e7e25c]: S. 40(4)-(6) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(2)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/2/d), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-df075e74ffdd57ad8010ee567d8645ab]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(b) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/a), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-23b08224ef27440f9ccf3f03311c5d2d]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(b) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/a), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-53118d396f68f927869176b0e387c188]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(1) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/b/i), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-28e7185a5d6c3d900d1a6bcf7bdfc728]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(1) inserted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(b)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/b/ii), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-f3b5c02840414df1491534b1cc0e5d1e]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(1) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(b)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/b/iii), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-6d0728359c1709dd626389d33590c24e]: Sch. 4 para. 10(2) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/c), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-093984b6ffccc13d135f96dfeb1b1fa1]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(3) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(d)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/d/i), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-e1608a88d7964901c58d0beca9d9b612]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(3) repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(d)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/d/ii), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-c7ec6cc91558c4d643b372fd2769bc9f]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(3) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(d)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/d/iii), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-7e41a09a41345178c58ad65504a511d0]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 10(3) substituted (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 30(3)(d)(iv)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/30/3/d/iv), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/a) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-aac8177829c3b79454ec7bbfceebfbcc]: Words in Sch. 6 para. 18 repealed (1.4.2003) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [s. 42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 8 para. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/8/paragraph/15), [Sch. 9 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/9/part/2); [S.I. 2003/833](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833), [art. 3(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/3/b/c) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/833/article/4))
[^key-61aa5358fe51efbb5ef25b1f3bfda4db]: S. 31(9)(b) substituted (30.5.2003, 1.7.2003 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [12(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/12/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-4c4dd77e0763c1ce00906785b3f3d0c9]: S. 34A inserted (1.7.2003 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 16.11.2009 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/5) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-a8bf1237161e5d496c14361b255db0f0]: S. 52A inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/4) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-b25a2da34e97bbae74a742ff8345ed75]: S. 30(1)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(2)(a)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/2/a/iii) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-1eab61e9a1f678152e48ab5a95cb2410]: Words in s. 31(8) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/b) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-aecf8bd2944399a3d087004313b303e6]: Words in s. 31(9) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-ce770e11ab3b47460f0bc9dcded9be43]: Words in s. 31(10) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-70df124d0f1b0937bbf781d1dea090dd]: S. 31(5)-(7) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/3/a) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-7f42abc8c474e6f89929d7444289d96e]: Words in s. 50(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-c99f8d6692915f004c198abb9a0012b2]: Words in s. 50(1)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [15(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-71ab25abbc966508cd1672ce70edafda]: Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [9(4)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/9/4/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-7a5e7dc0b1d5e10946b31d9f43cbeca8]: Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [4(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/4/2) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-c2b6e83cb87d3e7a1cc592c21c2cd20b]: S. 34 substituted (1.7.2003, except in so far as it relates to sub-section (2)(b), as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [7(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/7/4) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-3669fe7a405bd6776615ebb4b7557ad7]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(1) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/a) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-117c65e8e9412a6e9c63fa66a7fffd58]: Sch. 1 para. 25(1A) inserted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/b) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-3e150ad86d1e403e4a60d42fcb0d63f0]: Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(5) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 25(4) (1.7.2003 in so far as it relates to new para. 25(5), as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/d) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-9a4f58c3e57ee6cf2794407df4748fdf]: Sch. 2 substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/5), [Sch. 4 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/schedule/4/part/I)
[^key-e64bbd35abc132957dbd3f75c1f12453]: Words in s. 3(3) added (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/2/a)
[^key-fadda8d633340442e6b9e0b4d975c00c]: Words in s. 3(3) added (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/2/b)
[^key-242e5afd47cd2e515c0f9c7315574f8d]: Words in s. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/3)
[^key-3bc98bef5b69d388a7430cca08b1a880]: Words in s. 17(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2003) by [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/4/a)
[^key-863289904e52f282e9ab05d06abe1f28]: Word in s. 17(6)(d) omitted (31.12.2003) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148), [regs. 1(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/1/1/c), [9(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3148/regulation/9/4/b)
[^key-53ab374b0b49a9757d2d3b940029837d]: S. 11(4) savings for effect of S.I. 2004/957, Sch. para. 4 (S.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/163)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/1/1), [98](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/98)
[^key-c2036834ba121388a81b154234618235]: S. 11(4) savings for effects of 2003 c. 43, Sch. 11 paras. 47-49 (E.S.N.I.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/865)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/1), [111](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/111) (with [art. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/3))
[^key-05591a1096b7dcfb08754642156f4a11]: S. 12(2)(a) savings for effect of S.I. 2004/957, Sch. para. 4 (S.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/163)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/1/1), [98](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/98)
[^key-0bac217663bbf7552d1d42000c2852bd]: S. 12(2)(a) savings for effects of 2003 c. 43, Sch. 11 paras. 47-49 (E.S.N.I.) (1.4.2004) by [The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/865)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/1), [111](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/111) (with [art. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/1/3))
[^key-845a422d7e36f4a7366233232516ecff]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/a); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-faef172472f56a6b668c682399a78ef0]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/a)
[^key-9ca831f8b7f8f752addaf1f850635734]: Words in s. 11(4) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/b)
[^key-6158980c6362b9c03d029ad3adbfe729]: Word in s. 11(4) substituted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(c)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/c/i)
[^key-79559b67e2ad1806c179d03c6cae8570]: Words in s. 11(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(2)(c)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/2/c/ii)
[^key-4794db541d5b3d1390ee0271183bfb87]: Words in s. 11(4) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/b), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [arts. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s), [6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-ed0663fb218e3910def53c7212bffdd0]: Words in s. 11(4) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 48(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/48/c), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [arts. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s), [6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [arts. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w), [5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-3765f00f3af75761164ad38d22ccad8a]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 11 para. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/11/paragraph/49); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 5(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/5/2/s) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [art. 4(2)(w)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/4/2/w) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-c317944faa27be781faeefa4c6a7c350]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2004) by [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/3/a)
[^key-665fdb981a57d885185f3ac38aa1127c]: Words in s. 12(2)(a) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of [The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/article/1), [Sch. para. 4(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/957/schedule/paragraph/4/3/b)
[^key-f42cbf26bf44ce4ab015fea4f520df5a]: Sch. 5 para. 16(a) repealed (1.4.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 14 Pt. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/14/part/4); [S.I. 2004/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288), [art. 6(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/288/article/6/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/866](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/866) and [S.I. 2005/2925](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2925)); [S.I. 2004/480](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480), [art. 5(2)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/480/article/5/2/f) (as amended by [S.I. 2004/1019](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1019) and [S.I. 2006/345](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/345))
[^key-7788b796b861cfe6b41c3c4c54e63682]: Pt. V substituted (1.7.2003 for the substitution of s. 41A(2)(a) and Pt. V heading for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 for the substitution of s. 35CC(1) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force except for the substitution of ss. 41(7)(8), 41C, 44(4), 44A(3) as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004, 16.11.2009 for the insertion of s. 41C as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/13) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-5a3074f152f577147339d90edd522e7f]: Words in s. 55(1) inserted (17.12.2002 for specified purposes, 7.7.2004, 1.11.2004, 8.9.2009 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2/h), [15(6)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/15/6/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-cdfb70d3c4f11f1621331887438bb717]: Sch. 1 para. 19-19E, 23, 23B, 24 and crossheadings substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 19-24 (1.7.2003 for the substitution of Sch. 1 para. 19 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 7.7.2004 in so far as it relates to Sch. 1 paras. 19A-19E for the purpose only of making rules and in so far as it relates to Sch. 1 paras. 23, 23B, 24 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-fc2a58dcd72e787dacbcf97c1a4c653b]: S. 31A(1A)(1B) inserted (7.7.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [12(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/12/3) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-d1a309ab7517e81501f34c7398ae6a03]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(2) inserted (7.7.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [5(4)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/5/4/c) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2))
[^key-fc0f6de22ff23241f9815b99a3d06067]: Sch. 4 substituted (7.7.2004 for the substitution of Sch. 4 para. 5A(2) for specified purposes and paras. 1, 5A(1)(3)(3A)(9), 6, 7(3)(4)(6) as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004, 1.11.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 8.10.2004) by [The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/1/3), [14](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/article/14) (with [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2) and savings in The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (Saving Provision) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1731), arts. 1(1), 2)
[^key-a4316bd6b4a7abefd39ec6522c98b95e]: Words in s. 3(3) substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/2)
[^key-79b429dcf25364462beb4fa7cd33dd85]: S. 4(5) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/3)
[^key-364d9dce5648e4234426af9908fbce50]: Word in s. 5(4) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/4/a)
[^key-31cf0c1563175cd532298338e7a057d6]: Words in s. 5(4) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/4/b)
[^key-cae231a71bbcfbe341458190d2b64c88]: Word in Sch. 2 substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(6)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/6/a)
[^key-caf7d3ce00a6e4c9a708752dc1de0adf]: Words in Sch. 2 inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(6)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/6/b)
[^key-622fdd55140cc3339f742c6e44c16713]: S. 17(1)(e) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/a)
[^key-15ed69a269107b4ee1373f0a04ef781c]: S. 17(4A) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/b)
[^key-cb213b41193c5d2c9df4b650e63b1915]: Word in s. 17(5) substituted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/c)
[^key-021845e7cbde69c461c77a69bd6dcf1a]: Word in s. 17(6)(da) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(d)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/d/i)
[^key-ace83e8c0ae163607465ecc383c03361]: S. 17(6)(db) inserted (18.8.2004) by [The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947), regs. 1(2), [3(5)(d)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1947/regulation/3/5/d/ii)
[^key-f28194ae11a5658354ad59631102ab98]: Sch. 1 para. 4ZA inserted (19.10.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 12 para. 2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/12/paragraph/2/3); [S.I. 2004/2626](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626/article/2)
[^key-a6f3a485f9fa6e5e8865ad7163733587]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) substituted (19.10.2004) by [Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43), [s. 199(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/1)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/section/199/4), [Sch. 12 para. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/43/schedule/12/paragraph/2/2); [S.I. 2004/2626](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2626/article/2)
##### 34A
- (1) The Registrar may issue a certificate that a person—
- (a) is registered;
- (b) is not registered;
- (c) was registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (d) was not registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (e) has never been registered;
- (f) holds a licence to practise;
- (g) does not hold a licence to practise;
- (h) held a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period;
- (i) did not hold a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period; or
- (j) has never held a licence to practise.
- (2) A certificate issued under subsection (1) above shall be evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters certified.
##### 52A
- (1) The General Council shall publish at least once in each calender year a statistical report which indicates the efficiency and effectiveness of the arrangements the Council has put in place to protect the public from persons whose fitness to practise is impaired, together with the General Council’s observations on the report.
- (2) The General Council—
- (a) within such time as may be specified by the Privy Council, shall submit a report to it on the General Council’s exercise of its functions during the period specified by the Privy Council; and
- (b) thereafter shall submit such a report once in each year in respect of the period since its last such report.
- (3) The Privy Council shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of the report submitted by the Council under subsection (2) above.
##### 1
Urkunde über die Verleihung des akademischen Grades Doktor der gesamten Heilkunde (bzw. Doctor medicinae universae, Dr.Med.univ.)
##### 2
Diplom über die spezifische Ausbildung zum Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin bzw. Facharztdiplom
##### 1
Medizinische Fakultät einer Universität
##### 2
Österreichische Ärztekammer
##### 1
De universiteiten/les universités
##### 2
De bevoegde Examencommissie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap/le Jury compétent d'enseignement de la Communauté française
##### 1
Autorisation som læge, udstedt af Sundhedsstyrelsen og
##### 2
Tilladelse til selvstændigt virke som læge (dokumentation for gennemført praktisk uddannelse), udstedt af Sundhedssty-relsen
##### 1
Helsingin yliopisto /Helsingfors universitet
##### 2
Kuopion yliopisto
##### 4
Tampereen yliopisto
##### 5
Turun yliopisto
##### 1
Zeugnis über die Ärztliche Prüfung
##### 2
Zeugnis über die Ärztliche Staatsprüfung und Zeugnis über die Vorbereitungszeit als Medizinalassistent, soweit diese nach den deutschen Rechtsvorschriften noch für den Abschluss der ärztlichen Ausbildung vorgesehen war
##### 1
Bescheinigung über die Ableistung der Tätigkeit als Arzt im Praktikum
##### 2
–
##### 1
lατρική Σχολή Πανεπιστημίου
##### 2
Σχολή Επτιστημών Υγείας, Τμέμα Ιατρικη ́ς Πανεπτιστημίου
##### 35CC
- (1) Rules under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act may make provision for—
- (a) the Registrar; or
- (b) any other officer of the General Council,
to exercise the functions of the Investigation Committee under section 35C above, whether generally or in relation to such classes of case as may be specified in the rules.
- (2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) above, rules provide for the Registrar to exercise the functions of the Investigation Committee under subsections (5), (7) and (8) of section 35C above, those subsections shall apply in relation to him as if paragraph (a) in each of them were omitted.
- (3) Section 35C above also applies in a case where—
- (a) it comes to the attention of the General Council that a person’s fitness to practise is called into question by one or more of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, but
- (b) no allegation to that effect has been made to the Council against that person,
and in such a case section 35C shall apply as if an allegation to that effect had been made to the Council against that person.
##### 4ZA
- (1) This paragraph applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.
- (2) The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under paragraph 4 in relation to the nomination of persons to be nominated members of the Council.
- (7) Where a Fitness to Practise Panel have given a direction under subsection (6) above for a person’s period of suspension to be extended indefinitely, a Fitness to Practise Panel shall review the direction if—
- (a) the person requests them to do so;
- (b) at least two years have elapsed since the date on which the direction took effect; and
- (c) if the direction has previously been reviewed under this subsection, at least two years have elapsed since the date of the previous review.
- (8) On such a review the Panel may—
- (a) confirm the direction;
- (b) direct that the suspension be terminated; or
- (c) direct that the person’s registration be conditional on his compliance, during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements so specified as the Panel think fit to impose for the protection of members of the public or in his interests.
- (9) Where—
- (a) a direction that a person’s registration be subject to conditions has been given under—
- (i) subsection (2), (5) or (8) above,
- (ii) subsection (12) below,
- (iii) rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act, or
- (iv) section 41A below; and
- (b) that person is judged by a Fitness to Practise Panel to have failed to comply with any requirement imposed on him as such a condition,
subsection (10) below applies.
- (10) In such a case, the Panel may, if they think fit—
- (a) except in a health case, direct that the person’s name shall be erased from the register; or
- (b) direct that the person’s registration in the register shall be suspended during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction.
- (11) Where a direction that a person’s registration be subject to conditions has been given under—
- (a) subsection (2), (5) or (8) above; or
- (b) rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act,
subsection (12) below applies.
- (12) In such a case, a Fitness to Practise Panel may, if they think fit—
- (a) except in a health case, direct that the person’s name shall be erased from the register;
- (b) direct that the person’s registration in the Register shall be suspended during such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the direction;
- (c) direct that the current period of conditional registration shall be extended for such further period from the time when it would otherwise expire as may be specified in the direction; or
- (d) revoke the direction, or revoke or vary any of the conditions imposed by the direction, for the remainder of the current period of conditional registration,
but the Panel shall not extend any period of conditional registration under this section for more than three years at a time.
##### 35E
- (1) Where, under section 35D above, a Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (a) give a direction that a person’s name shall be erased from the register;
- (b) give a direction for suspension;
- (c) give a direction for conditional registration; or
- (d) vary any of the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration,
the Registrar shall forthwith serve on the person concerned notification of the direction or variation and of his right to appeal against it under section 40 below.
- (2) In subsection (1) above—
- (a) references to a direction for suspension include a reference to a direction extending a period of suspension; and
- (b) references to a direction for conditional registration include a reference to a direction extending a period of conditional registration.
- (3) While a person’s registration in the register is suspended by virtue of a direction under section 35D—
- (a) he shall be treated as not being registered in the register notwithstanding that his name still appears in it, but
- (b) sections 35C, 35CC and 35D above, and this section, shall continue to apply to him.
- (4) In section 35D above, “health case” means any case in which a Fitness to Practise Panel has determined that—
- (a) a person’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of a matter falling within paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 35C above, but
- (b) the person’s fitness to practise is not impaired by any matter falling within any other paragraph of that subsection.
##### 44A
- (1) Without prejudice to regulations made under section 31 (power to make regulations with respect to the register), the Registrar may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, refuse to register any person under any section of this Act (other than sections 3(1)(b) or 18 above) who—
- (a) has, in the British Islands, been convicted of, or cautioned for, a criminal offence or convicted elsewhere of an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence; or
- (b) has been the subject of a determination by a body in the United Kingdom responsible under any enactment for the regulation of a health or social care profession to the effect that his fitness to practise as a member of that profession is impaired, or a determination by a regulatory body (within the meaning of section 35C(9) above) elsewhere to the same effect.
- (2) If a person has been registered by virtue of any provision of this Act and it is subsequently shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that—
- (a) he is a person to whom paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above applies; and
- (b) he had not informed the Registrar of that fact at the time of registration,
the Registrar may remove that person’s name from the register.
- (3) A decision under—
- (a) subsection (1) above not to register a person; or
- (b) subsection (2) above to remove a person’s name from the register,
is an appealable registration decision for the purposes of Schedule 3A to this Act.
- (4) If a person has been registered by virtue of any section other than section 3(1)(b) or 18 above at a time when a determination of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(b) above was in force in respect of him, and he has been so registered for a period of not less than one month throughout which the determination had effect—
- (a) a Fitness to Practice Panel may direct that his registration be suspended for such period, not exceeding the length of the first mentioned period, as the Panel think fit, and the period of suspension shall begin on a date to be specified in the Panel’s direction; and
- (b) sections 35E(1) and (3) and 40 and paragraphs 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect, with any necessary modifications, in relation to suspension under this subsection.
- (5) The General Council may by regulations make provision about the information to be provided to the Registrar by a person seeking registration for the purposes of this section.
- (6) The Registrar may refuse to register any person who fails to comply with regulations made under subsection (5) above.
- (7) Regulations under subsection (5) above shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
- (8) In this section “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, and any provision of, or any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
### Reference and transfer of cases to the Investigation Committee
##### 3A
- (1) Where in the course of any proceedings before a Fitness to Practise Panel, the Panel are of the opinion that a matter arises which ought to be investigated by the Investigation Committee or considered by another Fitness to Practise Panel—
- (a) that Panel may give a direction to that effect to the Registrar; and
- (b) that matter shall be referred by the Registrar to that Committee, or another Fitness to Practise Panel.
- (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall prevent that Fitness to Practise Panel from considering that matter itself, whether or not it has reached a decision in the proceedings.
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