1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Professional performance.

  3. 2. Voluntary removal from the register.

  4. 3. Preliminary proceedings: interim orders.

  5. 4. Supplementary and consequential amendments.

  6. 5. Expenses.

  7. 6. Commencement.

  8. 7. Short title and extent.

    1. SCHEDULE

      SUPPLEMENTARY AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. Medical Act 1983

        1. 1.The Medical Act 1983 shall be amended as follows.

        2. 2.In section 1(3) (committees of the General Medical Council)—

        3. 3.In section 32 (registration fees), subsection (2)(b) and the word...

        4. 4.In section 35 (General Medical Council’s power to advise on...

        5. 5.In section 36(2) (professional misconduct and criminal offences)—

        6. 6.(1) Section 37 (unfitness to practise through illness, etc.) shall...

        7. 7.(1) Section 38 (power to order immediate suspension after a...

        8. 8.(1) Section 40 (appeals) shall be amended as follows.

        9. 9.In section 43 (proceedings before committees), after the words “the...

        10. 10.In section 47(3) (appointments not to be held except by...

        11. 11.In section 53(2) (proof of certain instruments), after the words...

        12. 12.In Part III of Schedule 1 (Committees of the General...

        13. 13.In that Part of that Schedule, for paragraph 23 there...

        14. 14.In that Part of that Schedule, in paragraph 24, after...

        15. 15.In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 (procedure of committees) after...

        16. 16.After paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule there shall be inserted—...

        17. 17.In paragraph 2 of that Schedule (administration of oaths), after...

        18. 18.In paragraph 3 of that Schedule (validity of proceedings)—

        19. 19.In paragraph 4 of that Schedule (transfer of cases to...

        20. 20.After paragraph 5 of that Schedule there shall be inserted—...

        21. 21.In paragraph 7 of that Schedule (legal assessors)—

        22. 22.In paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule (service of notifications of...

        23. 23.In paragraph 9 of that Schedule (extension of time for...

        24. 24.In paragraph 10(1) of that Schedule (taking effect of directions...

        25. 25.In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (continuation of suspensions and...

        26. 26.In paragraph 12 of that Schedule (recording of directions for...

        27. 27.In paragraph 13 of that Schedule (meaning of “party”), after...

      2. National Health Service Act 1977

        1. 28.In section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977...

      3. National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978

        1. 29.In section 19 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act...

      4. Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

        1. 30.In Article 56 of the Health and Personal Social Services...