The General Pharmaceutical Council (Amendment of Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules Order of Council 2012

Composition of Fitness to Practise and Appeals Committees: further provision

16.  After rule 18 of the Statutory Committees and their Advisers Rules insert—

Composition of Fitness to Practise Committee: further provision

18A.— (1) The chair of the Fitness to Practise Committee may, having consulted the secretary of the Committee, and with regard to—

(a) the matters to be considered by the Committee; and

(b) the availability, experience and expertise of Committee members,

determine the particular size, composition and quorum of the Committee required for each hearing and any related meeting (other than any case management meeting).

(2) Where the chair determines that only specified members of the Committee are required for a particular hearing and any related meeting, the chair must ensure that—

(a) the chair or a deputy chair is one of those members;

(b) the quorum is not less than three;

(c) the number of registrant members who are members of that formation of the Committee does not exceed the number of lay members (including any chair or deputy chair) by more than one; and

(d) any member who has sat in a formation of the Committee that has made an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional entry in a particular case does not sit in subsequent proceedings in that case.

(3) Paragraph (2)(d) does not apply where the subsequent proceedings are held solely for the purposes of determining under article 56 of the Order whether to confirm, vary, replace or revoke an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional entry.

Composition of Appeals Committee: further provision

18B.— (1) The chair of the Appeals Committee may, having consulted the secretary of the Committee, and with regard to—

(a) the decision appealed against and the matters set out in the Notice of Appeal; and

(b) the availability, experience and expertise of Committee members,

determine the particular size, composition and quorum of the Committee required for each hearing and any related meeting (other than any case management meeting).

(2) Where the chair determines that only specified members of the Committee are required for a particular hearing and any related meeting, the chair must ensure that—

(a) the chair or a deputy chair is one of those members;

(b) the quorum is not less than three; and

(c) the number of registrant members who are members of that formation of the Committee does not exceed the number of lay members (including any chair or deputy chair) by more than one.”.