SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 The Council and Committees of the Council: Supplementary Provisions

Part I The Council

General powers of Council

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1

Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the Council shall have power to do any thing which in their opinion is calculated to facilitate the proper discharge of their functions.

2

The Council shall, in particular, have power to pay to their members F14... such fees and such travelling, subsistence or other allowances as they may determine.

F12A

The Council shall also have power to pay the members of any of their committees such allowances and expenses as the Council may determine.

3

The powers F9... of any of the Council’s committees may be exercised notwithstanding any vacancy.

4

No proceedings F10... of any of the Council’s committees shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member F15....

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1

Subject to section 43B(13) and section 44(12), the Council may, after paying their expenses, allocate any of their income to—

a

purposes connected with education or research in relation to—

i

the dental profession, or

ii

professions complementary to dentistry; or

b

any other public purpose connected with either or both of those professions.

2

In sub-paragraph (1), “expenses” includes the payments authorised under this Schedule to be made to members of the Council and their committees and the salaries and remuneration of the Council’s officers.

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1

The Council may make rules—

F11a

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b

for delegating, subject to the provisions of this Act, to committees, including the committees referred to in F2section 2 of this Act, F5or to any officer of the Council, functions of the Council, and

c

F6subject to the provisions of this Act and in particular sub-paragraph (1A), for appointing the members and regulating the proceedings (including quorum) of any committees, including the committees referred to in F2section 2 of this Act and any sub-committees.

F71A

The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not include power to make any rules regulating the proceedings of the committees referred to in section 2 of this Act, in so far as the power to make such rules is specifically conferred by Schedule 3 or 4B to this Act.

F131B

Rules made under sub-paragraph (1)(c) may make provision for a body (including a committee of the Council which is not one of the committees referred to in section 2) to assist the Council in connection with the exercise of any function relating to the appointment of members or particular members of the Council’s committees.

1C

Rules made under sub-paragraph (1)(c) by virtue of sub-paragraph (1B) may authorise a body—

a

to appoint committee members on behalf of the Council; or

b

to perform any function relating to tenure of office or suspension or removal from office.

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F32A

Some or all of the members of committees of the Council may be persons who are not members of the Council.

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4

Nothing in this paragraph shall authorise the Council to delegate any power of making rules or regulations under any other provision of this Act.

F128A

1

Subject to any provision made by this Act or by rules under this Act, the Council may regulate its procedures and the procedures of its committees and sub-committees, other than the committees referred to in section 2, by standing orders.

2

Standing orders of the Council may make provision with regard to the provisional suspension of a member of the Council from office, pending the taking of a decision about the suspension or removal from office of the member in accordance with the provisions of an order under section 1(2A).

3

Subject to any provision made by this Act, by rules under this Act or by standing orders made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), each committee and sub-committee of the Council may regulate its own procedures.