The Health Professions Council (Election Scheme) Rules Order of Council 2004

Appointment of members

12.—(1) The council, upon receipt of the Returning Officers' certificate shall—

(a)where the Returning Officer certifies that the home country representation requirement would be met, appoint the persons elected as registrant members and alternate members of the Council; and

(b)where the Returning Officer certifiies that the home country representation requirement would not be met proceed in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The Council shall identify from the Returning Officer’s certificate which home country would not be represented (“the unrepresented home country”).

(3) The Council shall appoint, from among all the candidates from the unrepresented home country, the person who received the highest percentage differential vote in place of the person elected to be the registrant member or alternate member to represent his part of the register unless doing so would remove a person who would be the only alternate member or registrant member from another home country.

(4) In that event the Council shall appoint the candidate from the unrepresented home country with the next highest percentage differential vote, in place of the person elected to be the registant member or alternate member to represent his part of the register, whose appointment would not remove a person who would be the only alternate member or registrant member from another home country.

(5) If there is more than one unrepresented home country, the process described in paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be carried out first in respect of the unrepresented home country with a candidate who has received the highest percentage differential vote amongst the candidates of unrepresented home countries, and where necessary next in respect of the home country with a candidate who has received the next highest percentage differential vote amongst the candidates of unrepresented third countries, unless the process has to be carried out in a different order to ensure that the home country representation requirement is met, in which case the Council shall determine the order in which it is carried out.

(6) A person appointed in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be treated for all purposes as if he was elected and appointed as a registrant member or an alternate member in accordance with rule 12(1)(a).

(7) The Council shall ensure that at least one registrant member and one alternate member is appointed from each part of the register and that the number of members from each part of the register is equal.