The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003

Specialists

9.—(1) The Registrar of the GMC shall ensure that all specialists whose names are included in the old specialist register immediately before the relevant date are, on the relevant date, transferred to the Specialist Register.

(2) Any application made to the GMC for inclusion in the old specialist register that is made before, but is not finally dealt with by the relevant date shall be determined—

(a) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the ESMQO 1995, but if the application is successful, the applicant’s name shall be included in the Specialist Register instead of the old specialist register; and

(b) within the time limit specified in article 8(3A) or 8(A) of the ESMQO 1995 (which relate to decisions in respect of persons exercising a Community right and the specialist register), where applicable, the time period beginning with the date on which the GMC received the application for inclusion in the old specialist register together with full supporting documentation,

and any appeal against the GMC’s decision to refuse such an application pursuant to article 8(3D) of the ESMQO 1995, shall be dealt with in accordance with that article, or, where applicable, article 8(3B) together with article 8(3D) (which relate to the specialist register), and if that appeal is successful, the applicant’s name shall be included in the Specialist Register.

(3) If, pursuant to paragraph 12, the Board or an appeal panel arranged in accordance with article 13 of the ESMQO 1995 (appeals) has determined that a person is an eligible specialist pursuant to article 9(2) or (3) of the ESMQO 1995 (eligible specialists), that person shall be treated as an eligible specialist pursuant to article 14(2) of this Order for the purposes of any subsequent application or request to be included in the Specialist Register.