4.—(1) The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 26 (powers and duties of the Authority: general), in subsection (4) (powers to take action in relation to the case of an individual)—
(a)omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b);
(b)at the end of paragraph (c) insert—
“, or
(d)requesting that the General Medical Council exercises the power conferred by article 15(1) of the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 so as to revise a decision of a case examiner to take any step under article 10(3) of that Order other than a decision to refer a matter on to a Panel.”.
(3) In section 29 (reference of disciplinary cases by Authority to court)—
(a)in subsection (1), after paragraph (h) insert—
“(ha)any step taken under article 10(5) or 13(1) of the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 by a panel constituted under that Order,
(hb)any step taken by the General Medical Council under article 14(2) or (3) of the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024,
(hc)any revision by the General Medical Council under article 15(1) of the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 where the decision revised is a decision under article 10(5) of that Order,”;
(b)in subsection (2)(c) after “committees” insert “, panels”;
(c)after subsection (7A) insert—
“(7B) In a case where the relevant decision is taken by a panel constituted under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, the reference in subsection (7)(b) to the body which made the decision is to be read as a reference to the General Medical Council.”.
2002 c. 17; section 26(4) was substituted by section 115 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and amended by paragraph 62(b) of Schedule 15 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 29(1) was amended by section 118 and Part 2 of Schedule 15 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008, paragraph 73(1) of Schedule 15 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012, paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1771), paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/848), paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), article 18 of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/794).