SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the Medical Act 1983

PART 2Licence to practise and revalidation

Amendment of section 29E12

1

Amend section 29E (evidence) as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

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

b

after paragraph (c) insert—

d

to remove an entry in respect of a medical practitioner from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or to amend an entry in respect of a medical practitioner in either of those Registers; or

e

to refuse to restore an entry in respect of a medical practitioner to the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register,

3

In subsection (2)—

a

omit “and” at the end of paragraph (c); and

b

after paragraph (d) insert—

e

determining under regulations by virtue of section 29B(2A) above whether to remove or amend an entry appearing in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register in respect of the practitioner; or

f

in any case where such an entry has been removed from the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register or has been amended, determining under such regulations whether to restore the entry.