Medical Act 1983 (c. 54)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. The General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils

[F1 Part 1 U.K. Constitution of the General Medical Council

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 21(2); S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(2)(a)(i) (with art. 3)

Membership: general U.K.

1A. (1) The General Council shall consist of—

(a) registrant members, that is members who—

(i) are fully registered or provisionally registered, and

(ii) hold licences to practise; and

(b) lay members, that is members who—

(i) are not and never have been provisionally registered or fully registered,

(ii) were at no time registered with limited registration under section 22 prior to its repeal, and

(iii) do not hold qualifications which would entitle them to apply for provisional or full registration under this Act.

(2) The members of the General Council shall be appointed by the Privy Council.

(3) The Privy Council shall ensure that, at any time, at least one member of the General Council lives or works wholly or mainly in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 1A(4) omitted (31.10.2012) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 20 para. 6(a); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 1A modified (temp.) (1.1.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 1) Order of Council 2008 (S.I. 2008/2556), art. 3