Osteopaths Act 1993

[F129A.Appeals against decisions of the General CouncilU.K.

(1)A person aggrieved by a decision mentioned in subsection (2) may appeal [F2in England and Wales to the county court or in Northern Ireland] to a county court or, in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Scotland, [F3to] the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the address is situated.

(2)Those decisions are—

(a)a decision of the General Council under section 14(10)(b) imposing conditions;

(b)a decision of the General Council under Part 3 of the General Systems Regulations requiring an exempt person to complete an adaptation period, or pass an aptitude test, in connection with becoming entitled by virtue of that Part of those Regulations to have access to, and to pursue, the profession of osteopathy in the United Kingdom.

[F4(c)a decision of the General Council under regulation 67 of the General Systems Regulations to send an alert about a person.]

(3)On an appeal under subsection (1), the court (or the sheriff) may—

(a)dismiss the appeal,

(b)allow the appeal and quash the decision appealed against [F5or, in the case of an appeal from a decision falling within subsection (2)(c), direct that the alert be withdrawn or amended],

(c)substitute for the decision appealed against any other decision which could have been made by the General Council, or

(d)remit the case to the General Council to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court (or the sheriff),

and may make such order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) as it (or he) thinks fit.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 29A(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 116(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F3Word in s. 29A(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 116(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)