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(1)Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for a licence to practise to be granted to a medical practitioner—
(a)on first registration under this Act as a medical practitioner with F1... [F1full registration] ;
(b)on being provisionally registered under this Act; and
(c)in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
(2)Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for the withdrawal of a licence to practise from a medical practitioner—
(a)where the practitioner has failed to comply with prescribed requirements of regulations under section 29A above;
(b)where the licence to practise was fraudulently procured or otherwise incorrectly granted;
(c)where the medical practitioner requests that the licence to practise be withdrawn; and
(d)in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
(3)Regulations under section 29A above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the grant or refusal, or the withdrawal, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
(4)If a licensing authority decides—
(a)to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner; or
(b)to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner,
the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice in accordance with subsection (5) below.
(5)The notice required by subsection (4) above is notice of—
(a)the decision;
(b)the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
(c)the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
(6)Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (4) above.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 29B(1)(a) substituted (19.7.2006, 9.9.2009 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), art. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 7
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