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F1Sch. 1 para. 12 omitted (1.1.2009) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(4); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i)
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F2Sch. 1 para. 13 omitted (1.1.2009) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(4); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i)
14U.K.All acts of the General Council shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the members present at any meeting, and if the votes are equal the person who [F3chairs] the meeting shall, in addition to his vote as a member of the Council, have a casting vote.
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F3Word in Sch. 1 para. 14 substituted (1.1.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(5); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i)
15(1)The General Council may by standing order make provision with respect to the meetings and proceedings of and the discharge of their functions by the Council and any committees of the Council, with respect to the composition of committees of the Council and with respect to the functions of the officers of the Council.U.K.
[F4(1A)Standing orders of the General Council may make provision with regard to the provisional suspension of a member of the General Council from office, pending the taking of a decision about the suspension or removal from office of the member in accordance with the provisions of an order under section 1(2).]
(2)Any standing order made by the Council under this paragraph may be amended or revoked by a subsequent standing order.
(3)[F5Sub-paragraph (1)] does not apply in relation to the statutory committeesF6... F7...[F8, except in so far as is necessary for enabling standing orders to make provision with regard to the financial affairs of the MPTS or to make provision by virtue of paragraph 19F(9)(c).]
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 1 para. 15(1A) inserted (1.1.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(6)(a); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 15(3) substituted (1.1.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(6)(b); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 15(3) omitted (1.1.2009) by virtue of The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3131), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(2)
F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 15(3) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 62(a)
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