(This note is not part of the Order)
The Rules approved by this Order make changes to rules 2, 4(c), 5(b)(i) and (ii) and substitute rule 11 of the General Medical Council (Registration Appeal Panels Procedure) Rules 2005 in accordance with the Medical Act 1983 as amended by SI 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. The substituted rule 11 makes provision for hearings of the Registration Appeals Panel to take place in public, subject to certain exceptions, as required by paragraph 3(2)(d) of Schedule 3B to the 1983 Act.