Part I Preliminary
The General Medical Council
1 The General Medical Council.
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There shall continue to be a body corporate known as the General Medical Council (in this Act referred to as “the General Council”) having the functions assigned to them by this Act.
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The main objective of the General Council in exercising their functions is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public.
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The General Council shall be constituted as provided for by order of the Privy Council, subject to Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act.
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The General Council shall have the following committees—
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b
one or more Interim Orders Panels,
c
one or more F4Registration Panels,
d
one or more Registration Appeals Panels,
e
the Investigation Committee,
f
one or more Fitness to Practise Panels,
constituted in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act and having the functions assigned to them by or under this Act.
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The committees of the General Council specified in F14paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (3) above are referred to in this Act as “the statutory committees”.
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Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the General Council, its branch councils and committees, its proceedings, its officers and its accounts.
2 Registration of medical practitioners.
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There shall continue to be kept by the registrar of the General Council (in this Act referred to as “the Registrar”) F5a register of medical practitioners registered under this Act containing the names of those registered and the qualifications they are entitled to have registered under this Act.
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The F6register referred to is “the register of medical practitioners” consisting of F11the following lists—
a
the principal list,
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if anyone is registered under section 18A, the emergency powers doctors list,
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c
the visiting overseas doctors list, and
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the list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States
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