The General Medical Council (Fraud or Error in relation to Registration) Rules Order of Council 2005

Interpretation

2.  In these Rules—

“the Act” means the Medical Act 1983;

“Chairman” means Chairman of the Panel;

“error allegation” means an allegation that a practitioner’s entry on the register has been incorrectly made;

“fraud allegation” means an allegation that a practitioner’s entry on the register has been fraudulently procured;

“Legal Assessor” means a person falling within paragraph 7(1)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Schedule 4 to the Act who is appointed to advise the Panel on questions of law arising in proceedings before them;

“the Panel” means a Registration Decisions Panel constituted under rules made under paragraph 19B of Schedule 1 to the Act(1);

“parties” means each respondent (or his representative) and the Presenting Officer at a hearing before the Panel;

“practitioner” means a person whose registration with the General Council has been called into question on the grounds of fraud or error;

“the Presenting Officer” means the representative of the General Council instructed by the Registrar to present the case on behalf of the General Council at any hearing before a Panel, and may include solicitor or counsel;

“registration” means full registration, limited registration, temporary full registration or provisional registration;

“regulatory body” shall be construed in accordance with section 35C(9) of the Act; and

“respondent” means a practitioner or any other person whom the President determines shall be a party to proceedings under these Rules in accordance with rule 5(3).

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Paragraph 19B was inserted by article 5 of the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002.