The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008

Amendment of Schedule 3B

19.—(1) Amend Schedule 3B (licence to practise and revalidation: appeals) as follows.

(2) In paragraph 5 (powers of Registration Appeal Panels disposing of an appeal)—

(a) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b); and

(b) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) if the appeal is against a decision to—

(i) remove an entry in respect of a medical practitioner from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register, or

(ii) amend an entry in respect of a medical practitioner in either of those Registers,

that the entry should, or (as the case may be) should not, be removed or amended; or

(e) if the appeal is against a decision to refuse to restore an entry in respect of a medical practitioner to the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register, that the entry should, or (as the case may be) should not, be restored,”.

(3) In paragraph 6 (successful appeals)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and

(ii) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) that an entry in respect of the medical practitioner should not be removed from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or should not be amended; or

(e) that an entry in respect of the medical practitioner should be restored to the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register.”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b); and

(ii) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) not to remove the entry from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or not to amend the entry; or

(e) to restore the entry to the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register.”.

(4) In paragraph 7 (unsuccessful appeals)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and

(ii) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) that an entry in respect of the medical practitioner should be removed from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or should be amended; or

(e) that an entry in respect of the medical practitioner should not be restored to the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “and” at the end of paragraph (a), and

(ii) after paragraph (b) insert—

“; and

(c)

if the determination is that an entry in respect of the medical practitioner should be removed from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or should be amended, directing him to remove or amend the entry.”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (4), after “direction under sub-paragraph (2)(b)” insert “or (c)”.