Part III U.K. Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III applied to Isles of Scilly (with modifications) (14.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/448, art. 2

Miscellaneous U.K.

[F1 60AStandard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings U.K.

(1) The standard of proof applicable to any proceedings to which this subsection applies is that applicable to civil proceedings.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to any proceedings before—

F2 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) a committee of a regulatory body, a regulatory body itself or any officer of a regulatory body,

which relate to a person's fitness to practise a profession to which section 60(2) applies.

(3) In subsection (2) “regulatory body” means the body (or main body) responsible for the regulation of a profession to which section 60(2) applies.

(4) An Order in Council under section 60 may not—

(a) amend this section, or

(b) make any provision that is inconsistent with subsection (1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 60A inserted (3.11.2008 for specified purposes) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 112, 170(3); S.I. 2008/2717, art. 2

F2 S. 60A(2)(a) and following word omitted (1.7.2012) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 15 para. 72(5); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(3)