Amendments to article 26

5.  In article 26 (the Investigating Committee)—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “, it shall”,

(ii) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) the Council shall without delay notify the person concerned of the allegation and invite him to submit written representations to the Committee within a prescribed period;”,

(iii) in sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), at the beginning of those sub-paragraphs insert “the Committee shall”;

(b) in paragraph (11)—

(i) after “before” insert “or after”,

(ii) after “paragraph (6)” insert “: but the Investigating Committee may only make an interim order after it has referred a case if the Health Committee or the Conduct and Competence Committee has not begun its consideration of the case”.