Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Rules—
“Act” means the Medical Act 1983;
“Council” means the General Medical Council;
“final outcome” means the outcome following the exhaustion of any right of appeal;
“licensing body” means any body other than the Council that licenses or regulates any profession;
“member” means a person duly elected, appointed or nominated to the Council in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to the Act, and, for the purposes of rule 7, includes a member who has been suspended from office;
“medical member” means an elected member or an appointed member.
(2) Where under these Rules a person is removed from office they shall also be removed from membership of any committee of the Council and any position to which the member has been appointed by the Council or one of its committees.