s 3 Appeals against disqualification: removal of appeal to Secretary of State.
(1) In section 46 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (disqualification of persons providing services), subsection (3) (right of appeal to Secretary of State from direction of Tribunal) shall cease to have effect. (2) In that section, for subsection (4) there shall be substituted— (4) Subject to subsection (5) below, where the Tribunal direct that the name of any person be removed from or not included in any list or lists, the Health Authority or Health Authorities concerned shall remove the name of the person concerned from the list or lists in question. (5) Subsection (4) above shall not apply— (a) where no appeal is brought against the decision to make the direction, until the end of the period for bringing an appeal, and (b) where an appeal is brought against that decision, until the appeal process has been exhausted.