The General Chiropractic Council (Health Committee) Rules Order of Council 2000

PART I Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Health Committee) Rules 2000, and shall come into force on 11th December 2000.

Interpretation

2.  In these Rules—

“the Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994;

“allegation” means an allegation falling within section 20(1) of the Act;

“the Committee” means the Health Committee;

“the Council” means the General Chiropractic Council;

“the legal assessor” means a legal assessor appointed under section 27 of the Act and nominated by the Registrar under Rule 6(4);

“the medical assessors” means any medical assessors appointed under section 28 of the Act and nominated by the Registrar under Rule 6(4);

“party” means the respondent or the Solicitor, and references to “the parties” shall be construed accordingly;

“the respondent” means the chiropractor to whom an allegation under consideration by the Committee relates; and

“the Solicitor” means a solicitor appointed by the Registrar for the purposes of presenting the case for the allegation to a hearing held by the Committee.