16.—(1) A person who is, by virtue of any provision of this Schedule, given an opportunity to make representations must have the opportunity to make representations in relation to all of the information on which IBB intends to rely in taking a decision under this Schedule.
(2) Any requirement of this Schedule to give a person an opportunity to make representations does not apply if IBB does not know and cannot reasonably ascertain the whereabouts of the person.
(3) The opportunity to make representations does not include the opportunity to make representations that findings of fact made by a competent body were wrongly made.
(4) Findings of fact made by a competent body are findings of fact made in proceedings before one of the following bodies or any of its committees—
(a)the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
(b)the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland;
(c)the General Medical Council;
(d)the General Dental Council;
(e)the General Optical Council;
(f)the General Osteopathic Council;
(g)the General Chiropractic Council;
(h)the Nursing and Midwifery Council;
(i)the Health Professions Council;
(j)the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.
(5) The Secretary of State may by order amend sub-paragraph (4) by inserting a paragraph or amending or omitting a paragraph for the time being contained in the sub-paragraph.
17.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person who is included in a barred list (except a person included in pursuance of paragraph 1 or 7) if, before he was included in the list, IBB was unable to ascertain his whereabouts.
(2) This paragraph also applies to such a person if—
(a)he did not, before the end of any time prescribed for the purpose, make representations as to why he should not be included in the list, and
(b)IBB grants him permission to make such representations out of time.
(3) If a person to whom this paragraph applies makes such representations after the prescribed time—
(a)IBB must consider the representations, and
(b)if it thinks that it is not appropriate for the person to be included in the list concerned, it must remove him from the list.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, it is immaterial that any representations mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) relate to a time after the person was included in the list concerned.