1.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983 (the General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1A(1) (membership of the General Medical Council: general)—
(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)registrant members, that is members who are—
(i)fully registered under this Act and hold licences to practise,
(ii)provisionally registered under this Act and hold licences to practise, or
(iii)registered under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024; and”;
(b)in paragraph (b)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (i), at the end insert “under this Act”;
(ii)omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (ii);
(iii)after sub-paragraph (iii) insert—
“(iv)are not and never have been registered under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, and
(v)do not hold a qualification approved under article 4(1)(a)(ii) of that Order.”.
(3) For paragraph 19G(14)(1) (Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals) substitute—
“(14) In this paragraph—
“lay member” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1A;
“registrant member” means a member who—
is fully registered or provisionally registered under this Act, and
holds a licence to practise.”.
Paragraph 19G was inserted by article 3(3) of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/794).