163. In regulation 17 (consideration of reports by standards committee)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(c) for “Adjudication Panel” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(b) for “president or deputy president of the Adjudication Panel” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(c)for paragraph (6) substitute—
“(6) The First-tier Tribunal has the same power to take action in relation to a reference under sub-paragraph (1)(c) as it does in relation to a reference made under section 64(3)(b) of the Act.”; and
(d)omit paragraph (7).