7(1)Section 38 (power to order immediate suspension after a finding of professional misconduct or unfitness to practise) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)after the words “36(1) or (2)” there shall be inserted the word “, 36A”;
(b)after the words “37(1) or (2) above” there shall be inserted the words “, or under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act,”; and
(c)after the words “the Professional Conduct Committee” there shall be inserted the words “, the Committee on Professional Performance”.
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)after the words “Schedule 4 to this Act” there shall be inserted the words “or in accordance with rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of that Schedule”; and
(b)after the words “section 40 below” there shall be inserted the words “or paragraph 5A(4) of that Schedule”.
(4)In subsection (3), after the words “the Professional Conduct Committee” there shall be inserted the words “, the Committee on Professional Performance”.