The General Medical Council (Licence to Practise) Regulations Order of Council 2009
This Order approves the Regulations made by the General Medical Council on 10th September 2009 under their powers under the Medical Act 1983 (“the Act”) in relation to the licensing of medical practitioners. The Regulations come into force on 16th November 2009, with exceptions described in regulation 1(2). (These exceptions relate to the requirements in the Act for medical practitioners to have adequate and appropriate indemnity arrangements, as those provisions are not yet in force.)