Article 2

SCHEDULE General Chiropractic Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020

The General Chiropractic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of its powers under sections 20(10) and 26 of, and paragraph 15(2)(h) of Schedule 1 to, the Chiropractors Act 1994.

PART 1 Preliminaries

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 and shall come into force on the 18th day of July 2020.

PART 2 Amendment to the General Chiropractic Council (Investigating Committee) Rules 2000

Amendment to the General Chiropractic Council (Investigating Committee) Rules 2000

2.  In Rule 8(1) (service of notices) of the General Chiropractic Council (Investigating Committee) Rules 2000(1), after “sending the same” insert “to an electronic mail address that the chiropractor has notified to the Council as an address for communications or”.

PART 3 Amendment to the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) Rules 2000

Amendment to the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) Rules Order of Council 2000

3.  In Rule 21(1) (service and giving of documents) of the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) Rules 2000(2), after the first “by sending it” insert “to an electronic mail address that the chiropractor has notified to the Council as an address for communications or”.

(1)

As set out in the Schedule to the General Chiropractic Council (Investigating Committee) Rules Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2916).

(2)

As set out in the Schedule to the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) Rules Order of Council 2000 (S.I. 2000/3290).