Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 896

The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 2005

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 896

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

DOCTORS

The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 2005

	Made	22nd March 2005
	Laid before Parliament	24th March 2005
	Coming into force	18th April 2005

The Lord Chancellor and, in relation to proceedings in Scotland, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 3A and 7(3) and (4) of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement
1.These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 18th April 2005.

Meaning of Panel
2.In the definition of Panel in rule 1(2) of the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 2004[2] (citation, commencement and interpretation) after "Interim Orders Panel" insert ", Registration Appeals Panel".

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Baroness Ashton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

21st March 2005

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton
Minister of State,

22nd March 2005

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules amend the General Medical Council (Legal Assessors) Rules 2004 to bring Registration Appeals Panels of the General Medical Council within their scope.

Notes:

[1] 1983 c.54. Paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 3A to the Medical Act 1983 was inserted by article 8(2) of the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135) and paragraph 7(3) and (4) of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983 are as substituted by article 14 of that Order.back

[2] S.I. 2004/2625.back

ISBN 0 11 072673 1

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