The General Medical Council (Constitution) Amendment Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 496

MEDICAL PROFESSION

The General Medical Council (Constitution) Amendment Order 1989

Made

15th March 1989

Laid before Parliament

23rd March 1989

Coming into force

13th April 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(2) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Medical Act 1983(1), and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution) Amendment Order 1989 and, subject to article 2(3) below, shall come into force on 13th April 1989.

Amendment of the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979

2.  The General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979(2) shall be amended as follows:–

(1) in article 2(a) there shall be substituted for the number“50” the number“54”;

(2) in article 2(b) there shall be substituted for the number“34” the number“35”; and

(3) with effect from 1st November 1989 in column 1 of the Schedule for“and the Faculty of Community Medicine” there shall be substituted“, the Faculty of Community Medicine and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.”.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under the Medical Act 1983, amends article 2 of, and the Schedule to, the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979 so as to increase the number of elected members of the Council from 50 to 54, and to provide for an additional member to be appointed by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.

(1)

1983 c. 54.

(2)

S.I. 1979/112, amended by S.I. 1987/457.