The General Chiropractic Council (Appeals Against Decisions of the Registrar) Rules Order 2000

Preliminary matters

4.—(1) Upon receipt of notice under Rule 3(1), the Registrar shall prepare a paginated and indexed bundle of papers for consideration at the meeting of the Council held for the purposes of Rule 3(2), comprising—

(a) the Registrar’s reasons for reaching the decision;

(b) the documentary evidence taken into account by him in reaching the decision, including any statements, references, reports and other particulars supplied by the appellant to the Registrar or obtained by the Registrar in connection with his determination of the matter the subject of the decision;

(c) by way of a supplementary report, such other matters (if any) as in his view are relevant to the determination of the appeal and which he wishes to bring to the attention of the Council.

(2) Before the beginning of the period of 28 days ending with the day appointed for the meeting to be held for the purposes of Rule 3(2), the Registrar shall serve on the appellant—

(a) the reasons referred to in paragraph (1)(a), any report prepared under paragraph (1)(c), a list of the documents referred to in paragraph (1)(b), and a copy of any of the documents so listed of which the appellant has not previously been sent a copy by the Registrar and which are not documents supplied by the appellant to the Registrar; and

(b) a notice informing the appellant of the date, time and place of the meeting, and requiring the appellant to submit to the Registrar, within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served on the appellant, the appellant’s grounds of appeal, any additional evidence the appellant wishes the Council to take into account in determining the appeal in question, and an indication of whether the appellant intends to be legally represented.

(3) Before the beginning of the period of seven days ending with the day of the meeting to be held for the purposes of Rule 3(2), the Registrar shall send to each of the members of the Council a copy of the bundle prepared under paragraph (1), and of any grounds and additional documentary evidence supplied by the appellant pursuant to the notice given under paragraph (2)(b).