The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1996
The rules approved by this Order amend the General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Proceedure) Rules 1988 (appended to S.I. 1988/2255). They give effect to the provisions brought into force by the Medical (Professional Preformance) Act 1995 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/271(c.5)) relating to the powers of the General Medical Council, through its appropriate Committees, to permit interim orders for suspension or conditional registration to be made for an initial period of six months rather than the original two months, and to make further interim orders for periods of up to three months at a time.