The General Pharmaceutical Council (Statutory Committees and their Advisers Rules) Order of Council 2010

  1. Introductory Text

  2. By virtue of article 66(4) of that Order, such rules...

  3. Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased...

  4. This Order may be cited as the General Pharmaceutical Council...

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      The General Pharmaceutical Council (Statutory Committees and their Advisers) Rules 2010

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.Citation and commencement

        2. 2.Interpretation

      2. PART 2

        1. 3.Composition of the statutory committees

      3. PART 3

        1. 4.Additional functions of the Investigating Committee

        2. 5.Additional functions of the Fitness to Practise Committee

      4. PART 4

        1. 6.Appointments Committee

        2. 7.Eligibility of members and former members of the Council for appointment to statutory committees

        3. 8.Eligibility of employees of the Council and other persons for appointment to statutory committees

        4. 9.Required competencies for members of statutory committees

        5. 10.Standards and training for statutory committee members

        6. 11.Terms of office of statutory committee members

        7. 12.Resignation of statutory committee members

        8. 13.Reserve list

        9. 14.Suspension and removal of statutory committee members and persons on the reserve list

        10. 15.Casual vacancies

        11. 16.Power to co-opt members of statutory committees

      5. PART 5

        1. 17.Secretaries of statutory committees

        2. 18.The composition of statutory committees at particular meetings or hearings

        3. 19.Provisions against bias

        4. 20.Voting

      6. PART 6

        1. 21.Functions of legal advisers

        2. 22.Functions of clinical advisers

        3. 23.Functions of specialist advisers

        4. 24.Requirement to give or repeat advice in public

        5. 25.Requirement to keep records of advice and interventions

        6. 26.Refusal by a statutory committee to accept advice

        7. 27.Questioning of witnesses

  6. Explanatory Note