F1PART IIIA LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
Duty of General Council to make regulations
29A Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidation
1
Any reference in this Act to a “licence to practise” is a reference to a licence granted under and in accordance with this Part to a medical practitioner by a licensing authority.
2
The General Council shall make regulations with respect to licences to practise.
3
The provisions made by regulations under subsection (2) above must include provision for or in connection with each of the matters specified in subsection (4) below.
4
Those matters are—
a
grant of a licence to practise;
b
refusal of a licence to practise;
c
withdrawal of a licence to practise; and
d
revalidation of a medical practitioner of a prescribed description as a condition of his continuing to hold a licence to practise.
5
In this Part—
“licensing authority” means—
- a
the Registrar;
- b
a Registration Decisions Panel;
- c
such other committee of the General Council as may be prescribed; or
- d
such other officer of the General Council as may be prescribed;
- a
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the General Council under subsection (2) above; and
“revalidation” means evaluation of a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise.
Pt. IIIA inserted (17.12.2002 for s. 29G(1)(a)(2)(3)) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(g), 10 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)