PART VIAPPEALS
Appeals against Registrar’s decisions37.
(1)
F3(za)
requires a person to undergo an examination or other assessment under article 5A(6)(a) because the Registrar is not satisfied that the person has the necessary knowledge of English;
F4(zb)
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(a)
refuses an application for registration, readmission or renewal or for the inclusion of an additional entry;
F5(aa)
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F6(ab)
removes the name of a registrant from the register on the grounds that the registrant has failed to satisfy the Registrar that there is in force in relation to the registrant appropriate cover under an indemnity arrangement;
(b)
in determining an application under article 9 or 10, imposes additional conditions which must be satisfied before the applicant may be admitted to, readmitted to or retained on the register;
(c)
removes the name of a registrant from the register on the ground that he has breached a condition in respect of continuing professional development or such additional education, training or experience as is mentioned in article 19(3) subject to which his registration has effect; F7...
(d)
fails, within the terms of article 9(6), to issue a decision,
F8(e)
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F8(f)
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F8(g)
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F8(h)
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the person aggrieved may appeal to the Council within the prescribed period.
F9(1A)
Paragraph (1)(ab) does not apply where the removal is in consequence of a refusal of an application for renewal (including an application for readmission or restoration where registration has lapsed).
(2)
No appeal lies to the Council where the person aggrieved has been refused registration solely because he has failed to pay the prescribed fee for registration or has failed to apply in the prescribed form and manner in accordance with article 9 or 10.
F10(2A)
No appeal lies to the Council where the Registrar has refused to make, or has removed, an annotation under article 6A.
F11(2B)
No appeal lies to the Council if the complaint of the person aggrieved is, in effect, that a provision of rules under article 7, 9, 10 or 12A is invalid.
F12(2C)
No appeal lies to the Council where the Registrar—
(a)
has refused to register a person under article 9A, or
(b)
has revoked a person's registration under that article.
(3)
No decision removing a registrant from the register against which an appeal to the Council may be made under paragraph (1) shall have effect before—
(a)
the expiry of the period within which such an appeal may be made; or
(b)
if an appeal is made, the appeal is withdrawn or otherwise finally disposed of.
(4)
Any appeal shall be subject to such rules as the Council shall make for the purpose of regulating appeals under this article.
(5)
The rules shall in particular provide—
(a)
for the quorum of the Council considering such an appeal;
(b)
that the members considering the appeal are to include registrants and lay members and that the number of members who are registrants may exceed the number of lay members but may not exceed them by more than one;
F13(c)
for a panel considering an appeal to consist of no fewer than three members who are to be selected with due regard to the matter under consideration and to include—
(i)
one registrant registered in the same part of the register as the one in which the person concerned is, or is applying to be, registered except in relation to appeals concerning nursing associates, where the panel must include one registrant registered in the nurses’ or the nursing associates’ part of the register, and
(ii)
a person who—
(aa)
is not and never has been a registered nurse, midwife or nursing associate,
(bb)
is not and never has been a registered medical practitioner, and
(cc)
does not hold qualifications which would entitle them to apply for registration as a registered nurse, midwife, nursing associate or a registered medical practitioner;
F14(d)
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(e)
that no one who has been involved in any other capacity in the case to be considered is to be a member of the panel;
(f)
for the decision to be made by a majority vote of the persons present;
(g)
in the event of a tie, for the F15chair to have an additional casting vote which he shall exercise in the favour of the person concerned;
(h)
for the Registrar to be made a party to the proceedings;
(i)
for similar provision to be made to that in article 32(2)(b), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (m), (n) and (o).
(6)
Article 32(3) shall apply to appeals under this article as if a reference to F16the Fitness to Practise Committee were to the Council.
(7)
Article 25, with the exception of paragraph (2), shall apply to appeals under this article as if a reference to a Practice Committee were to the Council.
F17(8)
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(9)
Having considered the appeal under this article, the Council may—
(a)
dismiss the appeal;
(b)
allow the appeal and quash the decision appealed against F18...;
(c)
substitute for the decision appealed against any other decision that the Registrar could have made; F19or
F20(ca)
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(d)
remit the case to the Registrar to be disposed of in accordance with its directions.
(10)
The person concerned may appeal to a county court or, in Scotland, a sheriff against an unfavourable decision made under paragraph (9)(a), (c) or (d) and article 38 shall apply to that appeal.
(11)
Subject to paragraph 12, the Council shall publish as soon as reasonably practicable a decision of the Council made under this article together with the reasons for it.
(12)
If the decision is favourable to the person concerned, the Council is not required to publish it unless the person concerned so requests but it may do so with the consent of the person concerned.