The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Transitional Arrangements) Rules Order of Council 2003

Transitional

8.  Where, on the date these Rules come into force, a fitness to practise committee other than the Preliminary Proceedings Committee has begun, but not completed, its hearing of a case, for the remainder of that hearing—

(a) rules 2 to 7 shall not apply to the constitution of the relevant Committee;

(b) the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) Rules 1996(1) shall continue to apply in the case of a hearing by the Professional Conduct Committee, the Health Committee, the Assessment Referral Committee or the Committee on Professional Performance as if they were still in force; and

(c) the General Medical Council (Constitution of Interim Orders Committee) Rules 2000(2) shall continue to apply in the case of a hearing by the Interim Orders Committee as if they were still in force.

(1)

S.I. 1996/2125; amended by S.I. 2000/2051 and 2002/2572.

(2)

S.I. 2000/2052; amended by S.I. 2002/2572.