SCHEDULETHE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (FUNCTIONS OF ASSESSORS) RULES 2003

Additional functions of legal assessors

3.  A legal assessor shall have the following additional functions—

(a)to be present at any Part V hearing held by a Practice Committee;

(b)to be present at any appeal hearing held by the Council; and

(c)where he is present at any hearing referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), to inform the Practice Committee or Council (as the case may be) of any irregularity in its consideration of the matter which is the subject of the hearing, or in the conduct of the hearing, which may come to his knowledge and to advise on the steps which may be taken (if any) to remedy the irregularity.