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SCHEDULE 1U.K.THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

PART IIU.K.THE STATUTORY COMMITTEES

Education and Training CommitteeU.K.

17.—(1) The Council shall by standing orders provide in respect of the Education and Training Committee for—

(a)its composition;

(b)the appointment of members;

(c)its procedure;

(d)standards for the education and training, attendance and performance of its members; and

(e)the performance of its functions.

(2) The standing orders shall, in particular, provide for—

(a)the Chairman of the Committee to be a member of the Council;

(b)the majority of members of the Committee to have such qualifications and experience in relation to the provision, funding or assessment of professional education and training as the Council considers will be of value to the Committee in the performance of its functions;

(c)the Council to have regard, subject to other provisions in this Order, when selecting non-Council members for the Committee to the guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments;

(d)the Committee to comprise fewer members than the Council;

(e)the members, who may but need not be members of the Council, to include at least—

(i)one registrant from each part of the register,

(ii)one person appointed from each country of the United Kingdom and that member shall live or work wholly or mainly in the country concerned, and

(iii)one lay person who appears to the Council to represent the interests of the patients or clients of registrants or their carers;

(f)the number of registrant members from each part of the register to be equal.

(3) No person who is a member of the Council or the Education and Training Committee by virtue of his membership of any profession may take part in any proceedings of the Committee in any period during which he is the subject of any investigations, proceedings or a determination against him concerning his fitness to practise his profession.

(4) The powers of the Education and Training Committee may be exercised even though there is a vacancy among its members.

(5) No proceedings of the Education and Training Committee shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member.