F1PART IIIA LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
Supplementary provisions
29F Appeals
1
If a licensing authority decides under this Part—
a
to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner;
b
to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner; or
c
to refuse to restore a licence to practise to a medical practitioner,
the practitioner may appeal to a Registration Appeals Panel.
2
Schedule 3B (which provides for the procedures to be followed before a Registration Appeals Panel) shall apply in relation to any appeal under subsection (1) above.
3
A decision under this Part to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner shall not be carried into effect—
a
until the time for bringing any appeal against the decision has expired without an appeal being brought; or
b
where an appeal is brought, until the date on which the appeal is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.
Pt. IIIA inserted (17.12.2002 for s. 29G(1)(a)(2)(3)) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(g), 10 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)