The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1120
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules 1987 and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.

(2) In these rules “the principal rules” mean the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) Rules 1986 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal rules

(1) The principal rules shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions—

(2) In Rule 4 (composition of the Professional Conduct Committee)—

(a) in paragraph (1)

(i) for the number “twenty-nine” there shall be substituted the number “thirty-two”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “three lay members” there shall be substituted the words “six lay members”.

(b) for paragraphs (4) and (5) there shall be substituted the following—

(4) Eleven members of the Committee shall be invited to attend for the hearing of any case, who shall be selected so as to include the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman or both, and such other members so that the eleven members invited include not less than six elected members, not less than two appointed members and two lay members.

Subject to the foregoing provision the members invited to sit at any meeting shall so far as practicable be chosen in rotation from all the members of the Committee.

(5) If neither the Chairman nor the Deputy Chairman is able to take the Chair at the hearing of a case the President may temporarily appoint one of the other members of the Committee who has been invited and is available to attend and, if a hearing has begun, has attended, to chair the whole of, or the remaining part of, the hearing.

(6) The quorum shall be six.

(3) In Rule 5 (composition of the Health Committee) there shall be substituted the following for paragraph (4)—

(4) If neither the Chairman nor the Deputy Chairman is able to take the Chair at the hearing of a case, the President may temporarily appoint one of the other members of the Committee who has been invited and is available to attend and, if a hearing has begun, has attended, to chair the whole of, or the remaining part of, the hearing.

(5) The quorum shall be five.