The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

3. 2. Amendment of the Medical Act 1983

4. PART 1 Renaming of Registration Decisions Panels

   1. 3. Amendment of sections 1 and 29A of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act

5. PART 2 Abolition of limited registration etc.

   1. 4. Amendment of section 2 of the Act

   2. 5. Repeal of sections 22 to 25 of the Act

   3. 6. First article amending section 26 of the Act

   4. 7. Amendment of section 29B of the Act

   5. 8. First article amending section 30 of the Act

   6. 9. First article amending section 31 of the Act

   7. 10. First article amending section 32 of the Act

   8. 11. Amendment of section 34 of the Act

   9. 12. First article amending section 35A of the Act

   10. 13. Amendment of section 35C of the Act

   11. 14. First article amending section 41A of the Act

   12. 15. First article amending section 55 of the Act

   13. 16. Second article amending Schedule 1 to the Act

   14. 17. First article amending Schedule 3 to the Act

   15. 18. First article amending Schedule 3A to the Act

   16. 19. Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Act

6. PART 3 Programmes for provisionally registered doctors, education functions and connected matters

   1. 20. First article amending section 3 of the Act

   2. 21. Amendment of section 5 of the Act

   3. 22. Amendment of section 8 of the Act

   4. 23. Repeal of sections 10 to 13 of the Act

   5. 24. New section 10A of the Act

   6. 25. Amendment of section 14 of the Act

   7. 26. Substitution of section 15 of the Act

   8. 27. First article amending section 19 of the Act

   9. 28. Amendment of section 21 of the Act

   10. 29. Second article amending section 30 of the Act

   11. 30. Second article amending section 31 of the Act

   12. 31. First article amending section 50 of the Act

   13. 32. Amendment of section 51 of the Act

   14. 33. Second article amending section 55 of the Act

   15. 34. Third article amending Schedule 1 to the Act

7. PART 4 New arrangements for registration of persons qualifying outside the European mutual recognition area

   1. 35. New sections 21B and 21C of the Act replacing section 21A of the Act

   2. 36. Second article amending section 26 of the Act

   3. 37. New sections 27A and 27B of the Act replacing section 27 of the Act

   4. 38. Third article amending section 30 of the Act

   5. 39. Third article amending section 31 of the Act

   6. 40. First article amending section 41 of the Act

   7. 41. Third article amending section 55 of the Act

   8. 42. Fourth article amending Schedule 1 to the Act

   9. 43. Second article amending Schedule 3 to the Act

   10. 44. Second article amending Schedule 3A to the Act

8. PART 5 Fitness to practise matters in connection with registration

   1. 45. Second article amending section 3 of the Act

   2. 46. Amendment of section 15A of the Act

   3. 47. Second article amending section 19 of the Act

   4. 48. Fourth article amending section 31 of the Act

   5. 49. First article amending section 40 of the Act

   6. 50. Second article amending section 41 of the Act

   7. 51. New section 44B of the Act replacing section 44A of the Act

   8. 52. Amendment of section 45 of the Act

   9. 53. Third article amending Schedule 3 to the Act

   10. 54. Third article amending Schedule 3A to the Act

9. PART 6 Changes in relation to fitness to practise procedures

   1. 55. Second article amending section 35A of the Act

   2. 56. Amendment of section 35B of the Act

   3. 57. First article amending Schedule 4 to the Act

10. PART 7 Provisions that continue to apply during suspension of registration

    1. 58. Amendment of section 35E of the Act

    2. 59. Second article amending section 41A of the Act

11. PART 8 Fraud or error in relation to registration etc.

    1. 60. Substitution of section 39 of the Act

    2. 61. Second article amending section 40 of the Act

    3. 62. Fifth article amending Schedule 1 to the Act

    4. 63. Fourth article amending Schedule 3A to the Act

    5. 64. Second article amending Schedule 4 to the Act

12. PART 9 Miscellaneous amendments in connection with revalidation

    1. 65. Second article amending section 29A of the Act

    2. 66. Amendment of section 29E of the Act

    3. 67. Amendment of Schedule 3B to the Act

13. PART 10 Indemnity arrangements

    1. 68. Amendment of section 29F of the Act

    2. 69. New section 44C of the Act

14. PART 11 Approved practice settings

    1. 70. New section 44D of the Act

    2. 71. Fifth article amending Schedule 3A to the Act

15. PART 12 Miscellaneous amendments in connection with fees

    1. 72. Second article amending section 32 of the Act

    2. 73. Amendment of section 46 of the Act

    3. 74. Second article amending section 50 of the Act

16. PART 13 Consequential amendments to other primary legislation

    1. 75. Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

17. PART 14 Consequential amendments to secondary legislation

    1. 76. Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

    2. 77. Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004

    3. 78. Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2004

    4. 79. Amendment of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

    5. 80. Revocation of spent provisions

18. PART 15 Amendment of the Opticians Act 1989

    1. 81. Amendment of the Opticians Act 1989

19. PART 16 Amendment of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 etc.

    1. 82. Amendment of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 and consequential amendments to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Election Scheme) Rules 2005

20. PART 17 Transitional, transitory and saving provisions

    1. 83. Interpretation of this Part

    2. 84. Transfer of names from the register of medical practitioners with limited registration to the register of medical practitioners

    3. 85. Outstanding applications for entry into the register of medical practitioners with limited registration

    4. 86. Arrangements for registration of persons with overseas qualifications pending the introduction of programmes for provisionally registered doctors

    5. 87. Visiting eminent specialists

    6. 88. Indemnity arrangements

    7. 89. Recognition of approved practice settings pending the introduction of revalidation

    8. 90. Obtaining information to facilitate revalidation in anticipation of the introduction of revalidation

    9. 91. Legal assessors rules

    10. 92. Other transitional provisions etc.

21. Signature

22. Explanatory Note