Restrictions on withdrawal from list
18.—(1) Where a Primary Care Trust is investigating a doctor—
(a)for the purpose of deciding whether or not to exercise its powers to remove him under regulation 10 or contingently remove him under regulation 12; or
(b)who has been suspended under regulation 13(1)(a),
the doctor may not withdraw from any list kept by a Primary Care Trust in which he is included, except where the Secretary of State has given his consent, until the matter has been finally determined by the Primary Care Trust.
(2) Where a Primary Care Trust has decided to remove a doctor from its services list under regulation 10(3) to (6) or to contingently remove him from it under regulation 12, but has not yet given effect to its decision, the doctor may not withdraw from any list kept by a Primary Care Trust in which he is included, except where the Secretary of State has given his consent.
(3) Where a Primary Care Trust has suspended a doctor under regulation 13(1)(b), the doctor may not withdraw from any list kept by a Primary Care Trust in which he is included, except where the Secretary of State has given his consent, until the decision of the relevant court or body is known and the matter has been considered and finally determined by the Primary Care Trust.