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(1)The register of medical practitioners shall [F1include]—
(a)in the principal list the names of persons entitled to be registered under [F2section 3, 15 or 15A] above, or directed to be registered under [F3section 19, 21, [F421A or 25] [F421B or 21C] above;]
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in the visiting overseas doctors list the names of persons from time to time directed to be registered under [F6section 27] [F6section 27A or 27B] above; and
(d)in the visiting [F7EEA practitioners] list the names of persons entitled to be registered from time to time under section 18 above.
(2)[F8The register of medical practitioners with limited registration shall [F9include] the names of persons granted limited registration under section 22 above.]
(3)[F10Each register] [F10The register] shall also [F9include] the addresses and dates of registration of the persons registered in it, such of their qualifications as they are entitled to have registered under section 16 or 26 above and such other particulars (if any) of those persons as may be prescribed for [F11that register] [F11the register] .
(4)It shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep [F12the registers] [F12the register] correct in accordance with the provisions of this Act and regulations made by the General Council, to erase the names of persons who have died, [F13or who have been provisionally registered for longer than the period prescribed in respect of them,] and from time to time to make the necessary alterations in the addresses, qualifications and other registered particulars of registered persons.
(5)The Registrar may, by letter addressed to any person registered in [F14either register] [F14the register] at his address on the register, inquire whether he has changed his address and, if no answer is received to the inquiry within six months from the posting of the letter, may erase from the register the entry relating to that person.
(6)On registering the death of a person registered in [F15either register] [F15the register] , a registrar of births and deaths shall, without charge to the Registrar, send forthwith by post to the Registrar a copy certified under his hand of the entry in the register of deaths relating to the death.
(7)In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 31 below.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 30(1) substituted (17.12.2002) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(e), 7(2)(a)(i) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F2Words in s. 30(1)(a)(b) substituted (4.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3041, reg. 4(2)
F3Words in s. 30(1)(a) substituted (17.12.2002) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(e), 7(2)(a)(ii) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F4Words in s. 30(1)(a) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 38(a)
F5S. 30(1)(b) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(2)(a)(iii) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 30(1)(c) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 38(b)
F7Words in s. 30(1)(d) substituted (10.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1591, reg. 7, Sch. 2 para. 7
F8S. 30(2) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(a)
F9Words in s. 30(2)(3) substituted (17.12.2002) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(e), 7(2)(b) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F10Words in s. 30(3) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(b)(i)
F11Words in s. 30(3)(e) substituted (19.7.2006, 16.11.2009 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(b)(ii)
F12Words in s. 30(4) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(c)
F13Words in s. 30(4) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 1.8.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 29
F14Words in s. 30(5) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(d)
F15Words in s. 30(6) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 8(e)
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the General Council may make regulations with respect to the form and keeping of [F16the registers] [F16the register] and the making of entries, alterations and corrections [F17in them] [F17in it] .
(2)Regulations under this section may provide for [F18the registers] [F18the register] to be kept either by making entries in bound books or by recording the matters in question in any other manner; and if [F19either register] [F19the register] is not kept by making entries in bound books, adequate precautions shall be taken for guarding against, and facilitating the discovery of, falsification.
(3)[F20Different regulations may be made under this section by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) above in relation to the register of medical practitioners and the register of medical practitioners with limited registration.]
(4)Regulations under this section shall provide for the marking of the register of medical practitioners so as to distinguish those provisionally registered under section 15 [F21or 15A] above and those provisionally registered under section 21 [F22or 21C] above.
[F23(4A)Regulations under this section may provide for a maximum period for which a person may be provisionally registered, and may provide for—
(a)different maximum periods for which different classes of persons may be provisionally registered; and
(b)the maximum period not to apply to specified classes of persons.]
F24(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F24(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F24(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8)Regulations under this section may make provision with respect to the restoration to [F25the registers or a particular list in the register of medical practitioners in which he was registered] [F25the register] of the name of any person whose name has been erased from it by virtue of section 30(5) above or of any regulations made in pursuance of F26... section 32(2) below.
(9)Regulations under this section made by virtue of subsection (8) above may include provision—
(a)for authorising the Registrar, notwithstanding anything in this Act, to refuse to restore to the register [F27or a particular list in it] the name of any such person as is mentioned in that subsection unless he furnishes to the Registrar such evidence of his identity and [F28good character] [F28fitness to practise] as may be prescribed; and
[F29(b)for securing that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, such a person’s name is not so restored unless—
(i)the General Council or a committee of the General Council so direct after making such investigation into his fitness to practise as they think fit,
(ii)the practitioner’s licence to practise is restored in accordance with the regulations, or
(iii)both (i) and (ii) are met.]
F30...
(10)Regulations made in pursuance of [F31subsection (4A), (8) or (9)] above shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.
(11)In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in s. 31(1) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(a)(i)
F17Words in s. 31(1) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(a)(ii)
F18Words in s. 31(2) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(b)(i)
F19Words in s. 31(2) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(b)(ii)
F20S. 31(3) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(c)
F21Words in s. 31(4) inserted (4.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3041, reg. 4(3)
F22Words in s. 31(4) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 39
F23S. 31(4A) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 1.8.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 30(a)
F24S. 31(5)-(7) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(3)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F25Words in s. 31(8) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(d)
F26Words in s. 31(8) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(3)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F27Words in s. 31(9)(a) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 9(e)
F28Words in s. 31(9)(a) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 48
F29S. 31(9)(b) substituted (30.5.2003, 1.7.2003 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 12(2) (with Sch. 2)
F30Words in s. 31(9) omitted (1.7.2003 as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(3)(c) (with Sch. 2)
F31Words in s. 31(10) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 1.8.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 30(b)
(1)The General Council may make regulations—
(a)providing for the erasure by the Registrar from the register of medical practitioners of the name of any person who applies, in the manner prescribed by the regulations, for his name to be erased from the register;
(b)providing for the refusal by the Registrar of applications under paragraph (a) above in such cases and circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;
(c)making provision (including provision requiring the approval of the General Council or of one of the statutory committees) for the restoration to the register of the name of any person whose name has been erased in accordance with regulations made in pursuance of paragraph (a) above.
[F33(1A)Regulations under subsection (1)(c) above shall provide that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, a person’s name is not to be restored to the register unless—
(a)the General Council or a committee of the General Council so direct after making such investigation into his fitness to practise as they think fit;
(b)the practitioner’s licence to practise is restored in accordance with the regulations; or
(c)both (a) and (b) are met.
(1B)In subsection (1A) above, “prescribed” means prescribed under regulations made under subsection (1) above.]
(2)Regulations under this section shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.]
Textual Amendments
F32S. 31A inserted (18.5.2000) by 1995 c. 51, s. 2; S.I. 2000/1344, art. 2
F33S. 31A(1A)(1B) inserted (7.7.2004 as notified in the London Gazette dated 2.7.2004) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 12(3) (with Sch. 2)
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the General Council may make regulations with respect to the charging of fees in connection with the making of entries in the register of medical practitioners, and in particular—
(a)prescribing a fee to be charged on the entry of a name or qualification in the register or on the restoration of any entry to the register;
(b)prescribing a fee to be charged in respect of the retention in the register of the name of a person F34...;
(c)authorising the Registrar, notwithstanding anything in this Act, to refuse to make any entry in, or restore any entry to, the register F35... until a fee prescribed by regulations under this section has been paid.
(2)Regulations under this section may authorise the Registrar to erase from the register of medical practitioners the name of—
(a)any person who, after such notices and warnings as may be prescribed by the regulations, fails to pay a fee prescribed in pursuance of subsection (1)(b) above; F36. . .
F36(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)If a person whose name has been erased from the register in accordance with regulations made in pursuance of subsection (2) above at any time pays—
(a)such sum (if any) as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection by regulations under this section; and
(b)the fee (if any) which, if his name had not been so erased, would be due from him in respect of the current year,
his name shall be restored to the register.
(4)Regulations under this section shall not provide for any fee to be chargeable in respect of anything done in pursuance of a direction under section 41 below.
(5)No fee shall be charged in relation to registration as a visiting [F37EEA practitioner] and accordingly this section shall not apply in relation thereto.
(6)[F38Where on an application in that behalf by any person a direction is given—
(a)that he be registered with limited registration under section 22 above; or
(b)for his name to be erased from the register of medical practitioners with limited registration by virtue of section 24(1) above,
the General Council may include therein a direction that the right to registration or erasure conferred thereby shall be subject to the payment by him of such fee as may be specified in the direction.]
(7)Regulations under this section prescribing fees may provide for the charging of different fees in different cases and may provide that fees shall not be chargeable in cases prescribed by the regulations.
F39(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9)For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in this section “entry” includes an entry by way of alteration of a previous entry.
Textual Amendments
F34Words in s. 32(1)(b) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 13.6.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 18.5.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 72(a)(i)
F35Words in s. 32(1)(c) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 13.6.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 18.5.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 72(a)(ii)
F36S. 32(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (18.5.2000) by 1995 c. 51, ss. 4, Sch. para. 3; S.I. 2000/1344, art. 2
F37Words in s. 32(5) substituted (10.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1591, reg. 7, Sch. 2 para. 8
F38S. 32(6) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 10
F39S. 32(8) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 13.6.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 18.5.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 72(b)
Schedule 3 to this Act (which contains supplementary provisions about registration) shall have effect.
(1)The Registrar shall cause to be published from time to time (electronically or otherwise) a list of all persons who, on a date specified by him at the time of publication, [F42appear in—
(a)the register of medical practitioners; or
(b)the register of medical practitioners with limited registration]
[F42appear in the register].
(2)The list published in accordance with subsection (1) above shall include in respect of each practitioner—
(a)information about his registered qualifications;
(b)a statement about whether or not he holds a licence to practise; and
(c)such other particulars (if any) as the General Council may direct in relation to that list.]
Textual Amendments
F40S. 34 substituted (1.7.2003, except in so far as it relates to sub-section (2)(b), as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(4) (with Sch. 2)
F41S. 34 heading substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 11(2)
F42Words in s. 34(1) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 11(1)
(1)The Registrar may issue a certificate that a person—
(a)is registered;
(b)is not registered;
(c)was registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
(d)was not registered at a specified date or during a specified period;
(e)has never been registered;
(f)holds a licence to practise;
(g)does not hold a licence to practise;
(h)held a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period;
(i)did not hold a licence to practise at a specified date or during a specified period; or
(j)has never held a licence to practise.
(2)A certificate issued under subsection (1) above shall be evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters certified.]
Textual Amendments
F43S. 34A inserted (1.7.2003 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 1.7.2003, 16.11.2009 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 7(5) (with Sch. 2)
Schedule 3A to this Act (which makes provision about appeals against registration decisions) shall have effect.]
Textual Amendments
F44S. 34B inserted (1.4.2005 as notified in the London Gazette dated 14.1.2005) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 8(1) (with Sch. 2)
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