PART 2MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

CHAPTER 1AMENDMENT OF THE MEDICAL ACT 1983

Amendment of section 408

1

Section 40 (appeals by persons subject to decisions by Tribunals) M1 is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (1A), insert—

1B

A decision of the General Council under regulation 67 of the General Systems Regulations to send an alert about a person is also an appealable decision for the purposes of this section.

3

In subsection (4A), after “(1A)” insert “ or (1B) ”.

4

In subsection (8)(b), after “against”, insert “ or, in the case of an appeal from a decision falling within subsection (1B), direct that the alert be withdrawn or amended ”.

5

In the heading, omit “by persons subject to decisions by Tribunals”.