Medical Act 1983

Appealable registration decisions U.K.

[F1 2 (1) The following decisions are appealable registration decisions for the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) a decision on an application made under Schedule 3 to this Act not to register the applicant under section 3 of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner (registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications);

(b) a decision on an application made under Schedule 3 to this Act not to register the applicant provisionally under section 15 of this Act (provisional registration);

(c) a decision on an application made under Schedule 3 to this Act not to register the applicant provisionally under section 15A of this Act (provisional registration for EEA nationals);

(d) a decision on an application made under Schedule 3 to this Act not to register a qualification under section 16(1) of this Act (registration of qualifications);

(e) a decision that a person shall not, or shall no longer, be registered under section 18 of this Act (visiting EEC practitioners);

(f) a decision not to direct that a person shall be registered under section 19(1) of this Act (full registration of EEA nationals etc. by virtue of overseas primary qualifications etc.);

(g) a decision not to direct that a person shall be registered provisionally under section 21(2) of this Act (provisional registration);

(h) a decision not to direct that a person shall be registered under section 21A(1) of this Act (full registration for eligible specialists and qualified general practitioners) as a fully registered medical practitioner;

(i) a decision under section 22 of this Act (limited registration of persons by virtue of overseas qualifications)—

(i) not to direct that a person shall be registered, or registered for a further period, as a medical practitioner with limited registration, or

(ii) defining the limits of a person’s registration;

(j) a decision under section 24(2) of this Act giving a direction for erasure;

(k) a decision not to direct under section 25 of this Act (full registration of persons with limited registration) that a person be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner;

(l) a decision not to register a qualification under section 26(1) or (2) of this Act (registration of qualifications);

(m) a decision under section 27 of this Act (temporary full registration for visiting overseas specialists)—

(i) not to direct that a person be registered temporarily as a fully registered medical practitioner, or

(ii) giving a direction that such registration shall be for a period of less than twelve months;

(n) a decision under section 44 of this Act (effect of disqualification in another member State on registration in the United Kingdom)—

(i) under subsection (1) or (7), not to register a person, or

(ii) under subsection (3), to remove a person’s name from the register;

(o) a decision under section 44A of this Act (effect of disqualification or conviction on registration)—

(i) under subsection (1), not to register a person, or

(ii) under subsection (2), to remove a person’s name from the register.

(2) But a decision is not an appealable registration decision for the purposes of this Schedule if it is a decision to refuse registration to a person, or to erase a person’s name from the register, by reason only that the person failed to—

(a) pay the prescribed fee for registration;

(b) make an application as required under this Act; or

(c) produce a certificate obtained under section 10 of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3A inserted (1.4.2005 as notified in the London Gazette dated 14.1.2005) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(3), 8(2) (with Sch. 2)