The General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

2007 No. 616

health care and associated professionsdoctors

The General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made 6th March 2007

Laid before Parliament 7th March 2007

Coming into force 10th April 2007

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of March 2007

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order in Council in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of, and paragraphs 5, 7 and 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Medical Act 19831.

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 10th April 2007.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 20022.

S-2 Amendment of article 2 of the principal Order

Amendment of article 2 of the principal Order

2. In article 2 of the principal Order (constitution of the General Council), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

“(a) 19 elected members, or such fewer number of elected members as results from a vacancy not needing to be filled by virtue of article 3(5);”.

S-3 Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order

Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order

3.—(1) In article 3 of the principal Order (terms of office of elected members)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (1), after “this article” insert “, article 3A”;

(b)

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for “eight years” substitute “nine and a half years”, and

(ii) for “eleven years” substitute “twelve and a half years”;

(c)

(c) for paragraph (5), substitute the following paragraph—

S-5

“5 Where an elected member dies, resigns or otherwise ceases to be a member before completing his term of office, the vacancy need only be filled if as a consequence—

(a) there will be a vacancy among the elected members for twelve months or longer; and

(b) unless that vacancy is filled, the number of elected members will not exceed the number of appointed and nominated members,

in which case there is a casual vacancy, and subject to paragraph (6), an election shall be held to fill the casual vacancy.”;

(d)

(d) in paragraph (6), omit “subject to paragraph (7)”; and

(e)

(e) omit paragraph (7).

S-4 New article 3A of the principal Order

New article 3A of the principal Order

4. After article 3 of the principal Order insert the following article—

S-3A

Extension of terms of office of certain elected members

3A. The term of office of an elected member whose term of office, in the absence of this article, would expire at the end of 30th June 2007 shall expire at...

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