SCHEDULE 12

PART 2 Transitional provisions relating to the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992

Referrals to investigating discipline committees before the relevant date (regulation 5 of the 1992 Regulations)

13.  Where this paragraph applies—

(a) the discipline committee appointed by the Health Authority (B), whether or not it is a discipline committee jointly appointed within the meaning of regulation 3(3) of the 1992 Regulations, shall be deemed to be the discipline committee of another Primary Care Trust (B) that is nominated for this purpose by the relevant Primary Care Trust (A) that is deemed to have referred the matter pursuant to paragraph 11;

(b) any Primary Care Trust (B) nominated pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) shall be within the locality of the Health Authority (B); and

(c) any acts done by Health Authority (B) in relation to the discipline committee before the relevant date shall be deemed, on and after the relevant date, to have been done by the Primary Care Trust (B) nominated by the relevant Primary Care Trust (A) pursuant to sub-paragraph (a).