15 Preliminary investigation and disciplinary committees.U.K.
(1)The Council shall set up a committee of the Council to be known as the preliminary investigation committee which shall be charged with the duty of conducting a preliminary investigation into every disciplinary case (that is to say, a case in which it is alleged that a person is liable to have his name removed from the register or to have his registration suspended under the next following section) and of deciding whether the case should be referred to the disciplinary committee.
(2)There shall continue to be a committee of the Council known as the disciplinary committee charged with the duty of considering and determining—
(a)any disciplinary case referred to them by the preliminary investigation committee; and
(b)any other case of which the disciplinary committee has cognizance under section 18 of this Act.
(3)The provisions of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution of the preliminary investigation and disciplinary committees, and the provisions of Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the procedure of the disciplinary committee.