Medical Act 1983

[F141 Restoration of names to the register.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (6) below, where the name of a person has been erased from the register under section 35D above, [F2or section 44B(4)(b) below,] a [F3Medical Practitioners Tribunal] may, if they think fit, direct that his name be restored to the register.

(2)No application for the restoration of a name to the register under this section shall be madeF4...—

(a)before the expiration of five years from the date of erasure; or

(b)in any period of twelve months in which an application for the restoration of his name has already been made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased.

(3)An application under this section shall be made to the Registrar who shall refer the application to [F5the MPTS for them to arrange for the application to be determined by] a [F6Medical Practitioners Tribunal].

[F7(3A)Where an application is referred under subsection (3) to the MPTS, they must arrange for the application to be determined by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal.]

(4)In the case of a person who was provisionally registered under section 15, [F815A, 21 or 21C] above before his name was erased, a direction under subsection (1) above shall be a direction that his name be restored by way of provisional registration under section 15, [F815A, 21 or 21C] above, as the case requires.

(5)The requirements of Part II or Part III of this Act as to the experience required for registration as a fully registered medical practitioner shall not apply to registration in pursuance of a direction under subsection (1) above.

(6)Before determining whether to give a direction under subsection (1) above, a [F9Medical Practitioners Tribunal] shall require an applicant for restoration to provide such evidence as they direct as to his fitness to practise; and they shall not give such a direction if that evidence does not satisfy them.

[F10(6A)Where the applicant is required to submit to or undertake an assessment by virtue of paragraph 5A or 5C of Schedule 4, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal, before deciding whether to give a direction under subsection (1), shall take into account—

(a)whether the assessment was carried out,

(b)whether any requirements imposed in respect of the assessment were complied with, and

(c)if the assessment was carried out, the results of the assessment.]

(7)A [F11Medical Practitioners Tribunal] shall not give a direction under subsection (1) above unless at the same time in accordance with regulations made by the General Council under this subsection, they direct the Registrar to restore the practitioner’s licence to practise.

(8)Subsections (3) to (5) of section 29J above apply to regulations made under subsection (7) above as they apply in relation to regulations made under section 29A above.

[F12(8A)Where a Medical Practitioners Tribunal give a direction under subsection (1), the MPTS must without delay serve on the Registrar and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care notification of the direction.]

(9)Where, during the same period of erasure, a second or subsequent application for the restoration of a name to the register, made by or on behalf of the person whose name has been erased, is unsuccessful, a [F13Medical Practitioners Tribunal] may direct that his right to make any further such applications shall be suspended indefinitely.

(10)Where a [F14Medical Practitioners Tribunal] give a direction under subsection (9) above, [F15the MPTS] shall without delay serve on the person in respect of whom it has been made a notification of the direction and of his right to appeal against it in accordance with section 40 above.

(11)Any person in respect of whom a direction has been given under subsection (9) above may, after the expiration of three years from the date on which the direction was given, apply to the Registrar for that direction to be [F16referred to the MPTS for them to arrange for the direction to be] reviewed by a [F17Medical Practitioners Tribunal] and, thereafter, may make further applications for review; but no such application may be made before the expiration of three years from the date of the most recent review decision.

[F18(12)In exercising a function under this section, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal must have regard to the over-arching objective.]]