Termination of suspension: applications made on or after 1st August 2004 in respect of old cases

10.—(1) This article applies to a case relating to health where a person, whose registration in the old register has been suspended in the circumstances described in rule 3(1)(a) of the conduct rules in pursuance of a direction under rule 46 of those Rules, applies on or after 1st August 2004 for that suspension to be terminated.

(2) The application referred to in paragraph (1) shall—

(a)be made to the Council and referred by it to the Practice Committee it considers appropriate; and

(b)be dealt with in accordance with article 30 of the Order, in so far as appropriate treating the direction as a suspension order made under article 29(5)(b) of the Order, and the Committee may take any of the steps referred to in article 30(4) (and in so doing may make any suspension order it considers just).