9.—(1) The Committee may, at any time in the course of proceedings before it (including during a hearing), seek advice from—
(a)a clinical adviser, appointed under article 64(1) of the Order, on a health related issue;
(b)a specialist adviser, appointed under article 64(2) of the Order, on issues falling within the specialty of the adviser or related to it;
(c)a legal adviser appointed under article 63(1) of the Order; or
(d)the Fitness to Practise Committee.
(2) The secretary must send the parties a record of any advice received by the Committee from the Fitness to Practise Committee as soon as practicable after it has been received(1).
By virtue of rule 25(3) of the General Pharmaceutical Council (Statutory Committees and their Advisers) Rules 2010 which are scheduled to S.I. 2010/1616, a record of any advice tendered by a legal, clinical or specialist adviser must be sent to the parties to the proceedings or their representatives, as appropriate, as soon as practicable after it has been tendered.