The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2013

5.  In regulation 12 (suspension)—

(a) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) The Board must suspend a Practitioner from a performers list if the Practitioner’s registration—

(a) in the register of medical practitioners is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983(1);

(b) in the dentists register is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 32 of the Dentists Act 1984(2);

(c) in the register maintained by the General Optical Council under section 7(a) or 8B(1)(a) of the Opticians Act 1989(3) is subject to an interim suspension order made under section 13L(4) of that Act.

(1B) A suspension under paragraph (1A) will cease to have effect on the date that the interim suspension order referred to in that paragraph ends.

(1C) Where the Board suspends a Practitioner under paragraph (1A) it must notify the Practitioner of the suspension and the reason for it.”;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “considering suspending a Practitioner” insert “under paragraph (1)”;

(c) in paragraph (6), after “suspension” insert “under paragraph (1)”;

(d) in paragraph (21)—

(i) after “suspension” where it first appears insert “imposed under paragraph (1)”;

(ii) for “revoke a suspension” substitute “revoke that suspension”;

(e) after paragraph (22), insert—

“(23) Nothing in paragraph (22) prevents a Practitioner from being removed from a performers list pursuant to regulation 11(1)(c), 14 or 17(6)(b).”.

(1)

1983 c.54. Section 41A was inserted by S.I. 2000/1803, article 10, substituted by S.I. 2002/3135, articles 2 and 13 and amended by S.I. 2006/1914, articles 2, 14 and 59.

(2)

1984 c.24. Section 32 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2011, articles 2 and 23.

(3)

1989 c.44. Section 7(a) was substituted by S.I. 2005/848, articles 2 and 7(1); section 8B was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101, regulations 178 and 180.

(4)

Section 13L was inserted by S.I. 2005/848, articles 2 and 16.