SCHEDULE
Article 2
The General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
These Regulations are made by the General Medical Council in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 29A(2) to (4), 29B(1), (2) and (3), 29D(1) and (2), 29J(3) and 44C(4) and (5) of the Medical Act 1983.
The General Medical Council has consulted with such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners, and medical practitioners of any such description, as appeared to the General Medical Council requisite to be consulted in accordance with section 29J(5) of that Act.
1. Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st August 2015.
2. Amendments to the General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) Regulations 2012
(1) The General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) Regulations 20122are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (2), after the definition of “the Act” insert—
““appropriate cover” in relation to practice as a medical practitioner, means cover against liabilities that may be incurred in practising as such which is appropriate, having regard to the nature and extent of the risks of practising as such;”; and
(b)
(b) after paragraph (3), add—
“4 For the purposes of these Regulations, an indemnity arrangement may comprise—
(a) a policy of insurance;
(b) an arrangement for the purposes of indemnifying a person;
(c) a combination of the two.”.
(3) In regulation 33(grant or refusal of a licence)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraph (1A)” substitute “paragraphs (1A) and (1C),”;
(b)
(b) after paragraph (1B), insert—
“1C The Registrar may refuse to grant a licence under paragraph (1) to a medical practitioner who has failed to provide—
(a)...