162.This section provides for the Secretary of State to set up in regulations a complaints scheme under which the Council would acquire powers to investigate complaints about the regulatory bodies.   The intention is that this should be used as a power to investigate maladministration, not a means of overturning the decisions of ‘fitness to practise’ committees.  These regulations are to be made by the affirmative resolution procedure.
Commentary on Sections The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals Section 28: Complaints about regulatory bodies