SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE   3 N.I.

FITNESS TO PRACTISEN.I.

Clinical and other specialist advisersN.I.

18.—(1) The Council may appoint medical practitioners to be clinical advisers.

(2) The Council may appoint persons to act as specialist advisers on issues on which, in the Council’s opinion, specialist knowledge is required.

(3) Persons appointed to be—

(a)clinical advisers must have specialist expertise in a particular field or fields; and

(b)specialist advisers must have particular expertise in the speciality for which they are appointed.

(4) If clinical advisers are appointed under sub-paragraph (1) their appointment is for the purpose of giving advice to—

(a)the Scrutiny Committee or the Statutory Committee on health related issues under consideration by either committee in the course of proceedings before it; and

(b)the Council on health related issues.

(5) If specialist advisers are appointed under sub-paragraph (2), their appointment is for the purpose of giving advice to the Statutory Committee or the Scrutiny Committee on issues falling within their speciality which are under consideration by that Committee in the course of proceedings before it.

(6) Advisers appointed under this paragraph may not be a member of the Council, a committee of the Council or the Statutory Committee.

(7) Advisers appointed under this paragraph may be appointed—

(a)generally; or

(b)for the purpose of any proceedings or particular class of proceedings,

and are to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of the instrument under which they are appointed.

(8) The Council may make regulations as to the functions of advisers appointed under this paragraph.

(9) In this paragraph “medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 who holds a licence to practise under that Act.]