7 registered persons; and

7 lay members.

the constitution, appointment and procedure of the Scrutiny Committee (including the validation of proceedings in the event of vacancies or defects in appointment);

the grounds on which persons are to be disqualified from appointment as members of the Scrutiny Committee; and

the tenure of office of members of the Scrutiny Committee (including the circumstances in which they cease to hold office or may be removed or suspended from office).

set standards relating to the conduct, ethics and performance expected of registered persons; and

make provision in regulations regarding the criteria to which the Statutory Committee is to have regard when deciding, in the case of any registered person, whether or not the requirements as to fitness to practise are met in relation to that registered person.

is not, of itself, to be taken to constitute misconduct on the registered person’s part; but

is to be taken into account in any proceedings against the registered person under this Order.

a registered person (except the registered person in respect of whom the information or document is sought), or

any other person,

any disclosure of information which is prohibited by or under any statutory provision F5or the F11UK GDPR, but where that prohibition arises because the information is in a form which allows for the identification of an individual, the authorised person may require that information to be put in a form which does not allow for the identification of that individual; or

the supplying of information or production of a document which a person could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings in the High Court under paragraph 10.

which relates to a particular registered person’s fitness to practise, whether the matter to which the information relates arose before or after the entry in the register of that registered person’s name, or arose in Northern Ireland or elsewhere; or

of a particular description related to fitness to practise in relation to every registered person or to every registered person of a particular description.

misconduct;

deficient professional performance (which includes competence);

adverse physical or mental health which impairs their ability to practise safely and effectively or which otherwise impairs their ability to carry out the duties of a registered person in a safe and effective manner;

the person not having the necessary knowledge of English;

a conviction in the British Islands for a criminal offence;

a conviction elsewhere than in the British Islands for an offence which, if committed in Northern Ireland, would constitute a criminal offence;

having agreed to pay a penalty under section 109A of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (penalty as alternative to prosecution);

a police caution in the British Islands;

having agreed to be bound over to keep the peace by a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland;

a determination made by a regulatory body in the United Kingdom responsible under any statutory provision for the regulation of a health or social care profession to the effect that the person’s fitness to practise as a member of a profession regulated by that body is impaired, or a determination by a regulatory body elsewhere to the same effect;

the Independent Safeguarding Authority including the person in a barred list (within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 or the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; or

the Scottish Ministers including the person in the children’s list or the adults’ list (within the meaning of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

outside Northern Ireland; and

at any time.

an allegation is made to the Society against a registered person that their fitness to practise is impaired; or

the Society has information that calls into question a registered person’s fitness to practise, even though no allegation to that effect has been made to the Society,

an allegation not to be referred where it is of a type that the Council has stated in threshold criteria, which it has published and which it may amend from time to time, should not be referred; and

an allegation to be referred, in certain cases specified in regulations, directly by the registrar to the Statutory Committee.

refers an allegation directly to the Statutory Committee under regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b);and

is of the opinion that the Statutory Committee should consider making an interim order under paragraph 8,

notify the Department of the investigation of the registered person’s fitness to practise;

notify the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers of the investigation of the registered person’s fitness to practise where the registered person is also entered in the register established and maintained under Article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010; and

the failure may be treated as misconduct for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(a) and the registrar may refer the matter to the committee that is considering the allegation in respect of the registered person; and

the registrar may seek an order of the county court requiring the requested details to be supplied.

the registrar must inform the person concerned and the person who made the allegation, if any, of the Scrutiny Committee’s decision and any action it is taking under head (a).

the Scrutiny Committee must refer the allegation to the Statutory Committee;

where the Scrutiny Committee considers that the Statutory Committee should consider making an interim order under paragraph 8, it must notify the Statutory Committee accordingly; and

the registrar must inform the person concerned and the person who made the allegation, if any, of the Scrutiny Committee’s decision to refer the allegation to the Statutory Committee.

under regulations made by virtue of paragraph 5(2)(b);

under paragraph 5(6)(a); or

by the Scrutiny Committee under paragraph 6,

a warning to the person concerned in connection with any matter arising out of, or related to, the allegation and give a direction that details of the warning be recorded in the person’s entry in the register;

advice to any other person or other body involved in the investigation of the allegation on any issue arising out of, or related to, the allegation;

a direction to strike the name of the person concerned off the register;

a direction that the entry in the register of the person concerned be suspended, for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be specified in the direction; or

a direction that the entry in the register of the person concerned be conditional upon that person complying, during such period not exceeding 3 years as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements specified in the direction as the Statutory Committee thinks fit to impose for the protection of the public or otherwise in the public interest or in the interests of the person concerned.

the person concerned asks it to do so; and

the registrar must inform the person concerned and the person who made the allegation, if any, of the Statutory Committee’s decision and any action it is taking under head (a); and

the Statutory Committee must, if the person concerned so requests, publish in such manner as it sees fit a statement summarising its determination, or may publish such a statement if that person consents.

that the entry in question be suspended for such period not exceeding 18 months as may be specified in the order (an “interim suspension order”); or

that the entry in question be conditional upon the registered person complying, during such period not exceeding 18 months as may be specified in the order, with such requirements specified in the order as the Statutory Committee thinks fit to impose (an “order for interim conditional entry”).

may review it where new evidence relevant to the order has become available after it was made.

revoke the order;

add to, remove or otherwise vary any condition imposed by the order; or

if the order (or the order which has been replaced) has not been reviewed at all under sub-paragraph (2), within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the High Court ordered the extension or on which the replacement order under sub-paragraph (3)(c) was made; and

if the order (or the order which has been replaced) has been reviewed under sub-paragraph (2), within the period of 3 months beginning with and including that date.

in the case of an interim suspension order, terminate the suspension;

in the case of an order for interim conditional entry, revoke the order or remove or vary any condition imposed by the order; and

in either case, substitute for the period specified in the order (or in the order extending it) some other period which could have been specified in the order when it was made (or in the order extending it),

a person (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) whose name has been struck off the register, in accordance with a direction under paragraph 7(2)(c) or (3)(a)(i) or (b)(iv) may apply to the registrar under this paragraph for the restoration of their name to the register; and

the registrar must refer that application to the Statutory Committee.

before the expiration of 5 years from and including the date of removal; or

within 12 months of the date of an earlier application under sub-paragraph (1) relating to the same entry.

the form and manner in which applications for restoration are to be made (and the regulations may provide that applicants must apply using application forms that are in such form as the Council may determine from time to time);

whether any, and if so what, additional education, training or continuing professional development is required before restoration (and the regulations may make provision for these issues to be determined in individual cases by the registrar);

fitness to practise matters; and

refusal of applications (including where the applicant has not paid the prescribed fee).

the Statutory Committee refuses an application under this paragraph (“the current application”);

it has refused a previous application under this paragraph made by the same person; and

since the time when the previous application was refused, the applicant’s name has not been entered in the register,

a decision of the Statutory Committee under paragraph 7 to give a direction to strike the name of a registered person off the register;

a decision of the Statutory Committee under paragraph 7 to give a direction for suspension or for conditional entry (including a direction extending a period of earlier suspension or of conditional entry or making a period of suspension indefinite);

a decision of the Statutory Committee under paragraph 7 to give a direction to vary the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional entry;

a decision of the Statutory Committee to give a direction under paragraph 9(8) that a person may make no further applications under that paragraph in respect of restoration of their name to the register.

dismiss the appeal;

allow the appeal, and quash the direction in respect of which the appeal is made;

substitute for the direction in respect of which the appeal is made any other direction that the Statutory Committee could have given; or

remit or refer the case to the registrar or the Statutory Committee for disposal of the matter in accordance with the High Court’s directions,

until the period for bringing an appeal in respect of the direction has expired; or

where an appeal is brought within the period for bringing an appeal, until the date on which the appeal is fully disposed of, is abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.

sub-paragraph (1) applies to the direction as if the references to the period for bringing an appeal were references to that period as so extended; and

if the High Court allows an appeal to be brought after the expiration of the period for bringing an appeal specified in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 10, the direction is deemed not to have taken effect on the expiration of that period.

on the date on which it was originally due to take effect; or

if this would mean that the later direction would in practice expire before it commences, on the date on which the appeal is finally disposed of, is abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.

a direction to strike the name of a registered person off the register; or

a direction for suspension.

dismiss the appeal;

in the case of an order under sub-paragraph (2), terminate the suspension; and

in the case of an order under sub-paragraph (4), revoke the order or remove or vary any condition imposed by the order,

the form and manner in which applications are to be made (and the regulations may provide that applicants must apply using application forms that are in such form as the Council may determine from time to time);

the information to be provided by the applicant;

fitness to practise matters;

refusal of applications (in such circumstances as may be prescribed in the regulations including where there are outstanding fitness to practise proceedings in respect of the applicant);

the Scrutiny Committee; and

the Statutory Committee (whether exercising functions under this Order or the Medicines Act) .

for securing that, where a hearing is to be held, notice of when and where the hearing is to be held is given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the regulations, to any person to whom the proceedings relate;

for allowing the person concerned and the Council to be represented at any hearing, or in fitness to practise proceedings or on any other occasion when the Statutory Committee is considering making an interim suspension order or an order for interim conditional entry, by a barrister or solicitor;

for proceedings before the Statutory Committee to be held in public, except and to the extent that regulations provide otherwise; and

in respect of preliminary consideration of a case before the Scrutiny Committee or the Statutory Committee (including considering representations from the person concerned and the Society during its preliminary consideration);

in respect of case management meetings (and the regulations may provide that the preliminary consideration of a case is to take place at a case management meeting) and directions, including provision with respect to the procedure to be followed where case management directions are breached;

in respect of cancelling, postponing or adjourning hearings and staying proceedings in appropriate circumstances;

enabling the Scrutiny Committee or the Statutory Committee during the course of proceedings, to make such inquiries as it considers appropriate;

enabling the Scrutiny Committee or the Statutory Committee during the course of proceedings, to direct the person concerned to undertake an examination or other assessment of the person’s knowledge of English;

for the award of, and in respect of the assessment of costs and may require the Statutory Committee or the Scrutiny Committee to have regard to a person’s ability to pay when considering the making of an award against the person under the regulations.

as to the form which is to be used for any document (and may provide that documents specified in the regulations are to be in such form as the Council may determine from time to time); and

for documents or certificates to be sent or received as an electronic communication.

the Statutory Committee may administer oaths; and

the Statutory Committee or any party to proceedings before it may apply for the issue of a witness summons directing a person to attend the proceedings in order to give evidence or to produce a document.

several sittings of the Statutory Committee are required to enable the committee to dispose of the case; or

on an appeal to the High Court under paragraph 10, the case is remitted to the Statutory Committee to dispose of the case in accordance with directions given by the High Court,

clinical advisers must have specialist expertise in a particular field or fields; and

specialist advisers must have particular expertise in the speciality for which they are appointed.

the Scrutiny Committee or the Statutory Committee on health related issues under consideration by either committee in the course of proceedings before it; and

the Council on health related issues.

generally; or

for the purpose of any proceedings or particular class of proceedings,