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2009 No. 2752
The General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2009
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 12th day of October 2009
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas, in exercise of its powers under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3B to the Medical Act 19831 the General Medical Council has made the General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2009 as set out in the Schedule to this Order;
And whereas by paragraph 3(5) of that Schedule, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council, who may by paragraph 3(6)(a) of that Schedule approve such Rules as submitted to them;
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do hereby approve them.
This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2009, and shall come into force on 16th November 2009.
SCHEDULETHE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (REGISTRATION APPEAL PANELS PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) RULES 2009
The General Medical Council, in exercise of its powers under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3B to the Medical Act 1983, and having consulted such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners and such medical practitioners as appeared to it requisite to be consulted pursuant to paragraph 3(8) of Schedule 3B to that Act, hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement1
These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2009 and shall come into force on 16 November 2009.
Consequential amendments2
In the General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) Rules 20052—
1
In rule 2—
a
b
for the words “registration number”, substitute “GMC Reference Number” and in the definition of that term, omit “relevant”.
2
In rule 4(c), for “Registration Decisions Panel”, substitute “Registration Panel”.
3
In rule 5(b)(i) and (ii), for “registration number”, substitute “GMC Reference Number”.
4
For rule 11, substitute the following—
11
1
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) below, the Panel shall sit in public.
2
The Panel shall deliberate in the absence of the parties.
3
The Panel may of its own volition or upon the application of any witness or any of the parties exclude the public from any part of the proceedings provided it is satisfied that—
a
a decision to exclude the public causes no prejudice to the appellant;
b
the particular circumstances of the case outweigh the public interest in holding a public hearing; and
c
the decision is made after hearing representations from the parties.
4
The Panel may exclude from the whole or part of any hearing, any person whose conduct, in its opinion, has disrupted or is likely to disrupt proceedings.
Given under the official seal of the General Medical Council this 10th day of September 2009.
(This note is not part of the Order)