PART IVSUSPENSION OF PRACTITIONERS

Withdrawal of representations and suspension of procedures7

1

Regulation 25 of the principal Regulations (withdrawal of representations and suspension of procedures) shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (3), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (3A),”.

3

After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

3A

Where representations are withdrawn or treated as withdrawn after the Tribunal has given a direction under section 49A(2) of the Act, that direction shall cease to have effect; and—

a

the Tribunal shall include this information also when informing the respondent under paragraph (3);

b

the Tribunal shall immediately also so inform the Secretary of State in writing that the direction has ceased to have effect; and

b

the Secretary of State shall so inform anyone to whom he sent a copy of the Tribunal’s decision pursuant to regulation 24A(7).

4

In paragraph (4), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Except where the Tribunal has made a direction under section 49A(2) of the Act,”.