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This is a draft item of legislation and has not yet been made as a UK Statutory Instrument. This draft has been replaced by a new draft, The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 ISBN 978-0-11-113005-6
24.—(1) In paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act (service of notifications of decisions), in sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)omit the “or” preceding paragraph (d), and
(b)after that paragraph insert
“; or
(e)by sending it to an email address which the person provides for the purpose of fitness to practise proceedings”.
(2) At the end of that paragraph insert—
“(6) For the purposes of this paragraph, service of a notice sent by email is effected only if there is an electronic receipt showing that the email has been opened (or if the recipient acknowledges receipt in some other way).”
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