6(1)Paragraph 8 (other matters outside the scope of the Orders) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In sub-paragraph (2) omit paragraph (d).
(3)After that sub-paragraph insert—
“(2A)Where an enactment provides, in relation to any profession, for any function of administering procedures (including making rules) relating to misconduct, unfitness to practise and similar matters to be exercised by the regulatory body or any of its committees or officers, an Order may not provide for any person other than that regulatory body or any of its committees or officers or the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator to exercise that function.
(2B)In sub-paragraphs (1) and (2A) references to a regulatory body do not include references to any of the following—
(a)the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain,
(b)the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, and
(c)the Hearing Aid Council.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 6 in force at 1.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3244, art. 3(c)(iii)