Medical Act 1983

Duty of General Council to make regulationsU.K.

29A Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidationU.K.

(1)Any reference in this Act to a “licence to practise” is a reference to a licence granted under and in accordance with this Part to a medical practitioner by a licensing authority.

(2)The General Council shall make regulations with respect to licences to practise.

(3)The provisions made by regulations under subsection (2) above must include provision for or in connection with each of the matters specified in subsection (4) below.

(4)Those matters are—

(a)grant of a licence to practise;

(b)refusal of a licence to practise;

(c)withdrawal of a licence to practise; and

[F1(d)revalidation of a medical practitioner of a prescribed description whenever a licensing authority sees fit to do so, either as a condition of the practitioner’s continuing to hold a licence to practise or of the practitioner’s licence to practise being restored.]

(5)In this Part—

• “licensing authority” means—

  (a)

  the Registrar;

  (b)

  F2a ...[F2Registration Panel];

  (c)

  such other committee of the General Council as may be prescribed; or

  (d)

  such other officer of the General Council as may be prescribed;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the General Council under subsection (2) above; and

• “revalidation” means evaluation of a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise.