1(1)Where the [F1Secretary of State] receives an application from a professional or other body (“the applicant") for approval under this Schedule, he shall refer the application to the [F2Consultative Panel].
(2)It shall be the duty of the [F2Consultative Panel] to consider the application and to give to the [F1Secretary of State] such advice as it considers appropriate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 8(1)(d) (with arts. 6, 8)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 1(1)(2) substituted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 35(4)(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a)