http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/112Health and Social Care Act 2008An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the Mental Health Act 1983; to establish and make provision in connection with an Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator and make other provision about the regulation of the health care professions; to confer power to modify the regulation of social care workers; to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; to provide for the payment of a grant to women in connection with pregnancy; to amend the functions of the Health Protection Agency; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2023-04-01 Part 2 Regulation of health professions and health and social care workforce<Emphasis>Amendments of Part 3 of Health Act 1999</Emphasis>Standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings112After section 60 of the 1999 Act insert—Standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings60A1The standard of proof applicable to any proceedings to which this subsection applies is that applicable to civil proceedings.2Subsection (1) applies to any proceedings before—athe Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator, orba committee of a regulatory body, a regulatory body itself or any officer of a regulatory body,which relate to a person's fitness to practise a profession to which section 60(2) applies.3In subsection (2) “regulatory body” means the body (or main body) responsible for the regulation of a profession to which section 60(2) applies.4An Order in Council under section 60 may not—aamend this section, orbmake any provision that is inconsistent with subsection (1).S. 112 in force at 3.11.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/2717, art. 2
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