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Statutory Instruments
MEDICAL PROFESSION
Made
26th June 1996
Laid before Parliament
8th July 1996
Coming into force
Article 3
31st October 1996
Remainder
1st November 1996
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of June 1996
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(2) of, and paragraphs 3(1) and (3) and 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Medical Act 1983(1), and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, in pursuance of a representation made to Her Privy Council by the General Medical Council(2), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution) Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996 (apart from Article 3 which shall come into force on 31st October 1996).
(2) In this Order, "the Constitution Order" means the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979(3).
2.-(1) The Constitution Order is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (constitution of the General Council)-
(a)in paragraph (b), for "35" substitute "25"; and
(b)in paragraph (c), for "13" substitute "25".
(3) In article 5 (universities and other bodies empowered to choose appointed members), for paragraph (2) substitute-
"(2) Each university or other body listed in one of the groups in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is designated as an appointing body and shall, in combination with each other university or body so listed in that group, choose the number of appointed members listed against that group in column 2 of that Schedule.".
(4) For the Schedule, substitute-
Article 5.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Appointing Bodies | Number of Members to be Appointed |
| Group 1 | 15 |
| University of Aberdeen | |
| The Queen's University of Belfast | |
| University of Birmingham | |
| University of Bristol | |
| University of Cambridge | |
| University of Dundee | |
| University of Edinburgh | |
| University of Glasgow | |
| University of Leeds | |
| University of Leicester | |
| University of Liverpool | |
| University of London | |
| University of Manchester | |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| University of Nottingham | |
| University of Oxford | |
| University of Sheffield | |
| University of Southampton | |
| University of Wales | |
| Society of Apothecaries of London | |
| Group 2 | 10 |
| Royal College of Anaesthetists | |
| Royal College of General Practitioners | |
| Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | |
| Royal College of Ophthalmologists | |
| Royal College of Pathologists | |
| Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | |
| Royal College of Physicians of London | |
| Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow | |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists | |
| Royal College of Radiologists | |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | |
| Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | |
| Faculty of Occupational Medicine | |
| Faculty of Public Health Medicine" |
3. Subject to article 4(2) of the Constitution Order, appointed members of the General Council holding office on 31st October 1996 shall cease to hold office at the end of that day.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made under the Medical Act 1983, amends the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979 (referred to in this Order as the "Constitution Order").
Article 2(2) of this Order provides for the number of appointed members of the General Medical Council to be reduced from 35 to 25, and for the maximum number of nominated members to be increased from 13 to 25, with effect from 1st November 1996.
By Article 2(3) and (4), the arrangements for appointing the appointed members are also altered: from 1st November 1996, the two groups of appointing bodies set out in the Schedule to the Constitution Order, as substituted by this Order, will respectively appoint 15 and 10 members (before that date each appointing body appointed one member, apart from the University of London, which appointed three).
Article 3 provides that all the appointed members holding office on 31st October 1996 cease to hold office at the end of that day.
See paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983.
