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(1)[F1The General Council] may appoint persons to visitF2... places where instruction is given to medical students under the direction of any [F3body or combination of bodies included in the list maintained under section 4(1)].
(2)It shall be the duty of visitors appointed under subsection (1) above to report to [F1the General Council] as to the sufficiency of the instruction given in the places which they visit and as to any other matters relating to the instruction which may be specified by [F4the General Council] either generally or in any particular case; but no visitor shall interfere with the giving of any instruction.
(3)On the receipt of any report of a visitor under subsection (2) above [F1the General Council] shall send a copy of the report to the [F5body or combination of bodies] under whose direction the instruction is given, and on the receipt of the copy that body [F6or combination of bodies] may, within such period of not less than one month as [F4the General Council] may have specified at the time they sent the copy of the report, make to [F4the General Council] observations on the report or objections to it.
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F1Words in Act substituted (1.1.2009) by The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3131), Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(2)
F2Words in s. 7(1) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 6(a)(i); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)
F3Words in s. 7(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 6(a)(ii); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)
F4Words in Act substituted (1.1.2009) by The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3131), Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(3)
F5Words in s. 7(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 6(b)(i); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)
F6Words in s. 7(3) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 6(b)(ii); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)
F7S. 7(4) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 6(c); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)
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