In these Rules—

• “Committee” (except in the term “Appointments Committee”) means the Investigating Committee, the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Health Committee, the Professional Performance Committee or the Registration Appeals Committee;

• “final outcome”, in relation to any proceedings where there are rights of appeal, means the outcome of the proceedings—

  1. a

     once the period for bringing an appeal has expired without an appeal being brought; or

  2. b

     if an appeal is brought in accordance with those rights, once those rights have been exhausted;

• “lay person” means a natural person who—

  1. a

     is not and never has been a registered dentist or a registered dental care professional, and

  2. b

     does not hold a qualification or qualifications which would entitle them to apply for registration as a registered dental care professional;

• “licensing body” means any body, other than the Council, anywhere in the world that licenses or regulates any profession;

• “member”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a member of a Committee, whether they are a registrant or lay person, and includes the chair;

• “registrant” means registered dentist or a registered dental care professional; and

• “spent conviction” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a conviction by a court in Great Britain, a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 19743; or

  2. b

     in relation to a conviction by a court in Northern Ireland, a conviction that is a spent conviction for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 19784.