Interim suspension orders
3.—(1) The Council may make an interim suspension order in respect of a registered person.
(2) The Council may not make an interim suspension order under paragraph (1) unless it has first convened a hearing to consider whether the requirements for making an interim suspension order have been met.
(3) The Council must appoint such persons as it considers appropriate to a panel to determine a hearing it convenes under paragraph (2).
(4) An interim suspension order may only be made under paragraph (1)—
(a)before a decision whether or not to make a disciplinary order is made, and
(b)if the Council considers it necessary in the public interest to make an interim suspension order.
(5) Where the Council makes an interim suspension order under paragraph (1), it must remove the registered person’s name from the register it maintains.
(6) An interim suspension order may not have effect for a period exceeding 18 months (unless it is extended by the High Court; see article 17 (extension of interim supervision orders by the High Court)).
(7) An interim suspension order may only be made under paragraph (1) if it is in accordance with—
(a)this Order, and
(b)the rules of procedure made by the Council under article 18.