s 34E Applications for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register
(1) The General Council shall make regulations as to the procedure to be followed by, or in relation to, persons applying to the Registrar for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register. (2) The regulations may in particular make provision as to— (a) the evidence required in support of applications; (b) the time limits to be complied with in respect of applications; and (c) the notification of decisions in respect of applications. (3) The regulations may require the Registrar to inform persons who do not hold a CCT, and in respect of whom the Registrar is not satisfied as to their eligibility for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register, of the reasons why the Registrar is not so satisfied. (4) The regulations may require the Registrar to inform the persons referred to in subsection (3) of— (a) additional training that must be undertaken and the fields that the training must cover; and (b) any examination, assessment (including a specified period of assessment), adaptation period or other test of competence that that person must complete to the Registrar's satisfaction, in order to satisfy the Registrar of their eligibility for inclusion in those Registers. (5) In subsection (4)(b), “ adaptation period ” means an adaptation period pursuant to Part 3 of the General Systems Regulations. (6) Regulations under this section shall not have effect until approved by order of the Privy Council.