The General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2019

Made: 6th August 2019

Coming into force: 1st September 2019

By virtue of sections 35(1) and 36(1) of the Chiropractors Act 1994, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by an order made by the Privy Council.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2019 and comes into force on 1st September 2019.

Privy Council approval

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Their Lordships, having taken the Rules set out in the Schedule into consideration, are pleased to, and do approve them.

SCHEDULE — The General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) (Amendment) Rules 2019

The General Chiropractic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of its powers under paragraphs 30, 34 and 38 of Schedule 1 to the Chiropractors Act 1994.

Citation and commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) (Amendment) Rules 2019 and come into force on 1st September 2019.

Amendment to the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) Rules 2009

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In the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) Rules 2009[^f00002], in rules 5(1) (the Investigating Committee: composition), 7(1) (the Professional Conduct Committee: composition) and 9(1) (the Health Committee: composition), for “not more than 30” in each place the phrase occurs substitute “not fewer than 10”.

Signed

Ceri King — Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Rules contained in the Schedule to this Order amend the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) Rules 2009 as set out in the Schedule to the General Chiropractic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) Rules Order of Council (S.I. 2009/26).

Rules 5, 7 and 9 are amended to replace the maximum limit of members from which panels are convened for respectively the Investigating Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee and the Health Committee with a minimum of 10 members.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1994 c.17. Paragraphs 30, 34 and 38 of Schedule 1 were substituted by S.I. 2008/1774.

[^f00002]: As set out in the Schedule to S.I. 2009/26, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.