Amendment of Part III of Schedule 115

In Part III of Schedule 112 (constitution of committees of the General Council—

a

after paragraph 19 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

The Interim Orders Committee19A

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.

b

in each of paragraphs 20, 21, 21A, 21B and 22, at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to the power of the Committee under paragraph 25 to co-opt members,”;

c

in paragraph 23, after “who sits as a member of” there shall be inserted “the Interim Orders Committee,”;

d

after paragraph 23 there shall be inserted the following 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.

e

in paragraph 24, after “paragraph” there shall be inserted “19A,”;

f

for paragraph 25(2) there shall be substituted the following—

2

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.