Clause 23

by deleting the words “section 54 or 56” in subsection (1)(e) and substituting the words “section 54, 54A or 56”;

by deleting the word “registers” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “appropriate register”;

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)by order suspend the registration of the registered medical practitioner in the appropriate register for a period of not less than 3 months and not more than 3 years;”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “Disciplinary Committee” in the 4th line of subsection (4), the words “and, where applicable, an Interim Orders Committee”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “Disciplinary Committee” in subsection (6)(a) and (c), the words “and the Interim Orders Committee”; (f)by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:“(7) Where a registered medical practitioner in respect of whom an order is made under subsection (2)(c), or an order for interim restricted registration is made under section 49B(1)(b) or 49D(1)(d), is judged by a Disciplinary Committee (whether, in the case of an order under subsection (2)(c), it is the Disciplinary Committee that made the order or another Disciplinary Committee appointed in its place) to have failed to comply with any of the requirements imposed on him as conditions of his registration, the Disciplinary Committee may, if it thinks fit, order —

that his name be removed from the appropriate register; or

that his registration in the appropriate register be suspended for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be specified in the order.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(8A) Where a Disciplinary Committee has made an order for suspension under subsection (2)(b) or (7)(b) against a person and that person has failed to comply with that order, the Disciplinary Committee or another Disciplinary Committee appointed in its place may, if it thinks fit, order —

that his name be removed from the appropriate register; or

that, from the expiry of the current period of suspension, his registration in the appropriate register be restricted in such manner as it thinks fit for a period not exceeding 3 years.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (8)” in the 3rd line of subsection (10), the words “or (8A)”; and

by deleting the words “subsection (2) or (7)” in subsections (14), (15) and (18) and substituting in each case the words “subsection (2), (7) or (8A)”.