The General Medical Council (Voluntary Erasure and Restoration) Regulations Order of Council 2000
The regulations approved by this Order give effect to the provisions brought into force by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000 relating to the powers of the General Medical Council (GMC) to consider applications for voluntary erasure from the Register of Medical Practitioners and subsequent applications for restoration to the Register. The regulations enable the Registrar of the GMC to refuse applications for voluntary erasure in circumstances specified in the regulations and set out circumstances in which applications for restoration may be referred to one of the GMC’s statutory committees. The regulations are to be implemented on 1 July 2000.