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Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Amendment (Scotland) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 29th September 2000.

(2) In these Rules–

(a)“the 1980 Rules” means the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 1980(1); and

(b)a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the 1980 Rules.

(3) These Rules extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the 1980 Rules

2.—(1) In rule 1(2), in the definition of “the Committee”, after the words “being either” there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

(2) In rule 4, after the words “proceedings before” where they first occur, there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

(3) In rule 5, after the words “on any occasion” there are inserted the words “the Interim Orders Committee,”.

SUSAN C DEACON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th September 2000