1 The General Medical Council.U.K.
(1)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.
[(1A)The main objective of the General Council in exercising their functions is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public.]
[(2)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.]
[(3)The General Council shall have the following committees—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)one or more Interim Orders Panels,
(c)one or more [Registration 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.
(3A)The committees of the General Council specified in [paragraphs (c), (d) and (e)] of subsection (3) above are referred to in this Act as “the statutory committees”.]
(4)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.