Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/40
Timestamp: 2019-07-19 21:51:58
Document Index: 683933274

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 16', 'art. 16', 'art. 16', 'art. 16', 'art. 30', 'art. 16', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 1']

s. 40 savings for effects of S.I. 2006/1914, arts. 49, 61 by S.I. 2007/2796 art. 3
s. 40 title substituted by S.I. 2015/794 art. 16(1)
s. 40 heading words omitted by S.I. 2016/1030 reg. 8(5)
s. 40(1) words substituted by S.I. 2015/794 art. 16(1)
s. 40(1)(a) words substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(2)
s. 40(1)(b) words substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(2)
s. 40(1)(c) and word omitted by S.I. 2007/3101 reg. 21(a)
s. 40(4) words omitted by S.I. 2007/3101 reg. 21(b)
s. 40(5)(c) words omitted by S.I. 2007/3101 reg. 21(c)
s. 40(7) words substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(a)
s. 40(7) words substituted by S.I. 2015/794 art. 16(2)(a)
s. 40(7)(c) words substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(b)
s. 40(7)(d) word substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(c)
s. 40(7)(d) words substituted by S.I. 2015/794 art. 16(2)(b)
s. 40(8)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2016/1030 reg. 8(4)
s. 40(8)(b) words omitted by S.I. 2019/593 Sch. 1 para. 24(4)
s. 40(9) substituted by S.I. 2003/1250 art. 30(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. No commencement date has been notified in the Gazettes for this amendment)
s. 40(9) substituted by S.I. 2010/234 Sch. 1 para. 12
s. 40(9) words substituted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 7 para. 10(4)
s. 40(9) words substituted by S.I. 2015/794 art. 16(4)
[F140AppealsU.K.
(a)a decision of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 35D above giving a direction for erasure, for suspension or for conditional registration or varying the conditions imposed by a direction for conditional registration;
(b)a decision of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 41(9) below giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely; or
(c)a decision of the General Council under section 45(6) below giving a direction that the right to make further applications under that section shall be suspended indefinitely.
[F2(1A)A decision under regulations made—
not to restore a person’s name to the register for a reason that relates to his fitness to practise is also an appealable decision for the purposes of this section.]
(2)[F3A decision of the General Council under section 39 above giving a direction for erasure is also an appealable decision for the purposes of this section.]
(4)A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (1) has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 35E(1) above, or section 41(10) or 45(7) below, appeal against the decision to the relevant court.
[F4(4A)A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (1A) has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served, appeal against the decision to the relevant court.]
(5)In [F5subsection (4)] [F5subsections (4) and (4A)] above, “the relevant court”—
(b)in the case of a person whose address in the register is (or if he were registered would be) in Northern Ireland, means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland; and
(c)in the case of any other person (including one appealing against a decision falling within subsection (1)(c) above), means the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
(6)[F6A person in respect of whom an appealable decision falling within subsection (2) above has been taken may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision was served under section 39(2) above, appeal against the decision to a county court or, in Scotland, the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the address in the register is situated.]
(7)On an appeal under this section from a Fitness to Practise Panel, the court may—
(b)allow the appeal and quash the direction or variation appealed against;
(c)substitute for the direction or variation appealed against any other direction or variation which could have been given or made by a Fitness to Practise Panel; or
(d)remit the case to the Registrar for him to refer it to a Fitness to Practise Panel to dispose of the case in accordance with the directions of the court,
(b)allow the appeal and quash the direction appealed against; or
(9)On an appeal under this section from a Fitness to Practise Panel, the General Council may appear as respondent; and for the purpose of enabling directions to be given as to the costs of any such appeal the Council shall be deemed to be a party thereto, whether they appear on the hearing of the appeal or not.]
F2S. 40(1A) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 49(a)
F3S. 40(2) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 61
F4S. 40(4A) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 49(b)
F5Words in s. 40(5) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 49(c)
F6S. 40(6) omitted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914), arts. 1(2)(b)(c)(3), 61