The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/3298
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1994, and shall come into force on 19th January 1995.

Section 2 Amendment of the 1988 Rules

The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules 1988 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) Rule 17(3) shall be deleted and the following rule substituted:

(3) Except with the agreement of the practitioner, the inquiry

(a) shall not be fixed for any date earlier than twenty-eight days after the date of posting of the Notice of Inquiry;

(b) shall not be fixed for any date earlier than six weeks after the date of the meeting of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee at which the case was referred for inquiry.

(b) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rules shall be deleted.